Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
2009
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Author
Title
Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Call Number
K5301 .R38 2009
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9780199546664 (hardback : alk. paper)
0199546665 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780199546671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199546673 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199546665 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780199546671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199546673 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
l, 483 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)260204783
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-472) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Table of Contents
Pt. I
Substantive Law
1
Individual Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Historical and Legal Underpinnings
3
2
Genocide and the Imperfections of Codification
27
3
Crimes Against Humanity and the Inexactitude of Custom
48
4
War Crimes and the Limitations of Accountability for Acts in Armed Conflict
82
5
Other Abuses Incurring Individual Responsibility Under International Law
114
6
Expanding and Contracting Culpability: Complicity, Defenses, and Other Barriers to Criminality
141
Pt. II
Mechanisms for Accountability
7
Mechanisms for Accountability: Framing the Issues
167
8
The Forum of First Resort: National Tribunals
177
9
The Progeny of Nuremberg: International Criminal Tribunals
209
10
Non-Prosecutorial Options: Investigatory Commissions, Civil Suits, Immigration Measures, and Lustration
259
11
Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance
288
Pt. III
A Case Study: The Atrocities of the Khmer Rouge
12
The Khmer Rouge Rule over Cambodia: A Historical Overview
305
13
Applying the Law
319
14
Engaging the Mechanisms
341
Pt. IV
Conclusions
15
Striving for Justice: The Prospects for Individual Accountability
365
Appendices
Bibliography
429
Index
473