Shocking the Conscience of Humanity

This remarkable contribution to the theoretical foundations of international criminal justice and this passionate invocation of a valuesoriented notion of gravity to strengthen the legitimacy of international criminal law is sure to spark significant debate in the coming years. * Marco Longobardo, Journal of International Criminal Justice *Gravity, it is often said, sets international crimes apart from other crimes. What makes them so, however, is far from obvious. In her thoughtful new monograph, Margaret M. deGuzman demonstrates that this routinely uttered conviction has always been as hazy as it appears today … Shocking the Conscience of Humanity will prove an insightful companion to anyone pursuing such a line of research in the future. * Kerttuli Lingenfelter, Law Department, European University Institute, International Criminal Law Review *Prof. deGuzman’s SHOCKING THE CONSCIENCE OF HUMANITY – Gravity and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Law offers valuable insight for practitioners and decision-makers and is an excellent starting point for the much-needed dialogic discussion proposed. * Michael G. Karnavas, michaelgkarnavas.net *

Professor Margaret M. deGuzman is the James E. Beasley Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for International Law and Public Policy at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Her scholarship focuses on the role of international criminal law in the global legal order, with a particular emphasis on the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC). She has written extensively about international criminal law theory and practice, including topics ranging from the definition of crimes against humanity to crime selection and sentencing at international courts and tribunals. Before joining Temple Law School, Professor deGuzman practiced criminal defense in San Francisco, served as a legal advisor to the Senegal delegation at the Rome Conference of the ICC, was a law clerk at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, and a Fulbright Scholar in Daru N’Diar, Senegal.