Politicizing the International Criminal Court: The
Convergence of Politics, Ethics, and Law. By Steven C.
Roach. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 213p. $75.00
cloth, $26.95 paper.
No political scientist predicted that the world would witness the
establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC) by 2002, and
as of yet, there are few compelling explanations for this
phenomenon. Steven Roach addresses the next set of questions that
the ICC raises for political scientists, namely, how it will impact
international political outcomes, and how it will be forced to cope
with pressures from states and other actors. Roach's work is an
important first step toward a political understanding of the role of
the ICC in world politics and demonstrates political scientists'
growing interest in international law.