cover image Slobodan Milosevic on Trial

Slobodan Milosevic on Trial

Michael P. Scharf, Bill Schabas. Continuum, $24.95 (184pp) ISBN 978-0-8264-1411-3

Michael Scharf, a former legal adviser in the Department of State (and author of the Pulitzer-nominated Balkan Justice), and William A. Schabas, professor of human rights law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, offer a field guide to case number IT-02-54 at The Hague in Slobodan Milosevic on Trial: A Companion. A look at Milosevic's career is followed by a time line of events leading to the Balkan wars and the Serbian leader's trial; definitions of war crimes follow the history of international criminal trials; and a glossary of key terms and a list of dramatis personae bookend a consideration of the case itself. The authors walk readers through what's likely to happen, from defenses Milosevic will mount to goals the prosecutors must meet.