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Bridge over Troubled Water – A Semantic Approach to Purposes and Goals in International Criminal Justice
Ist Teil von
International criminal law review, 2018-11, Vol.18 (6), p.929
Ort / Verlag
Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
International tribunals are both legal and political institutions and their list of goals is manifold. Hard cases carry an inflated reference to ‘purposes’ and ‘goals’ of these institutions – despite the herculean task of achieving these goals, the inherent tension between them and the lack of a ranking order. This article borrows from studies of both the politics of organisational decision-making and language philosophy to determine the meaning of ‘purpose’ and ‘goal’. Against the common understanding that uses both terms interchangeably, a distinction between ‘purpose’ and ‘goal’ goes beyond a mere semantic description and can actually offer a classification that might be used as a coarse screen to separate ‘core goals’ from other goals, provide a weak ranking order and relativise the alleged obligation to achieve these goals.