The Professional Market of International Criminal Justice: Divisions of Labour and Patterns of Elite Reproduction

iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 258

Forthcoming, Journal of International Criminal Justice

29 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2021

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Mikkel Jarle Christensen

iCourts - Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for International Courts

Date Written: September 10, 2021

Abstract

This article analyzes the division of labor that characterizes international criminal justice as a market of services. Using a sociological framework and building on empirical data on 996 professional agents, the analysis outlines how the market around the international criminal courts is structured by three different social groups that dominate the formal roles of judges, prosecutors and defense counsel. The article analyzes the relative positionality of these groups highlighting the low degree of mobility between them and the continued dominance of global north professionals in certain groups. On the basis of these findings, the article investigates the distinct patterns of expertise of the three groups and how it links them to the wider market of international criminal justice. The relations between the three social groups structure the market of international criminal justice and formats the social fault lines of its normative debates.

Keywords: Elites, international criminal justice, market, division of labour

Suggested Citation

Christensen, Mikkel Jarle, The Professional Market of International Criminal Justice: Divisions of Labour and Patterns of Elite Reproduction (September 10, 2021). iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 258, Forthcoming, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3920975 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3920975

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iCourts - Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for International Courts ( email )

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Copenhagen, DK-2300
Denmark

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