Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-262) and index.; Toward the modern international penal process -- A false dawn : the failure to enforce international justice after World War I -- A new dawn : the birth of modern international penal process -- Cold War : international justice in the shadow of realpolitik -- Crisis in the Balkans : raising the nuremberg precedent -- Rwanda : potrait of a reluctant international community -- The international criminal court : challenges and concessions to the state -- International justice : retrosepct and prospect.;