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Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy
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Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
ISBN
9780199546664 (hardback : alk. paper)
0199546665 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780199546671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199546673 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Edition
Third edition.
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
l, 483 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 01, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-472) and index.
Contents
Individual accountability for human rights abuses: historical and legal underpinnings
Genocide and the imperfections of codification
Crimes against humanity and the inexactitude of custom
War crimes and the limitations of accountability for acts in armed conflict
Other abuses incurring individual responsibility under international law
Expanding and contracting culpability: complicity, defenses, and other barriers to criminality
Mechanisms for accountability: framing the issues
The forum of first resort: national tribunals
The progeny of Nuremberg: international criminal tribunals
Non-prosecutorial options: investigatory commissions, civil suits, immigration measures, and lustration
Developing the case: comments on evidence and judicial assistance
Evidence: a dearth of uniform standards
The Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia: a historical overview
Applying the law
Engaging the mechanisms
Striving for justice: the prospects for individual accountability.
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