institutions (namely, whether created by international treaty or Security Council resolution), the role of their chief prosecutors is much more about politics than it is about law. Although Sasha is right that the
ICC may involve legal actors implementing legal rules, I would add that in this process the
ICC often acts as a political actor implementing policy. Furthermore, the
ICC represents the zenith of liberal legalism as a response to terrible communal violence. In this regard, and to crudely paraphrase Cardozo, the
ICC is a creative project, not a...