Abstract
This review essay evaluates three new books on international justice, focusing in particular on cooperation and backlash against the International Criminal Court: Africa and the Backlash Against International Courts by Peter Brett and Line Engbo Gissel, Saving the International Justice Regime by Courtney Hillebrecht, and State Behavior and the International Criminal Court by Franziska Boehme. It provides an overview of the books and explores how each work analyses African state responses to the ICC investigation in Darfur, then assesses the implications of the books for understanding contemporary debates about international justice.