From Outlaws to Judges: Armed Groups and The Administration of Justice

Abstract René Provost’s latest book, Rebel Courts: The Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents , collects an impressive amount practice organized armed groups concerning the administration justice in conflicts, and offers a detailed analysis legal issues surrounding creation functioning insurgent courts. Drawing from field work adopting pluralistic methodology, Provost comprehensive overview how rebel functions international law regulates its different aspects, including legality courts, due process guarantees, as well international, transnational, national recognition judicial practices groups. In this review essay, I highlight importance novelty approach, exploring book’s connections with other non-legal literature on groups, contextualize some arguments