War Crimes Law Comes of Age

Essays

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

In this edited collection, Theodor Meron, the world's most important author on issues of international humanitarian law, brings together a fascinating collection of his essays on war crimes and related areas, together with a new concluding chapter, from which the book takes its title, which brings together the themes explored in the essays. The rapid and fundamental developments in the last few years on the establishment of individual criminal responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law have been such that now more than ever is an appropriate time to assess their principal features. This book will be welcomed by all scholars in the field as a useful and significant contribution to our understanding of international humanitarian law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-01-07
Mått:163 x 243 x 23 mm
Vikt:648 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:348
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198268567

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Vapen och utrustning inom Samhälle och politik
Folkrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Theodor Meron is Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law, specialising in human rights, humanitarian law, international criminal law and law and literature.

Recensioner i media

... magisterial ... Professor Meron provides a compelling account of the evolution of humanitarian law ... Thework's great strength is, indeed, its detailed explication of the doctrinal and institutional developments in the law of war since the American Civil War.

Innehållsförteckning

Medieval and renaissance ordinances of war: codifying discipline and humanity ; Shakespeare's Henry V and the law of war ; Crimes and accountability in Shakespeare ; Common rights of mankind in Gentili, Grotius and Suarez ; Francis Lieber's code and principles of humanity ; Deportation of civilians as a war crime under customary law ; Geneva Conventions as customary law ; The time has come for the United States to ratify Geneva Protocol I ; The case for war crimes in Yugoslavia ; From Nuremberg to the Hague ; Rape as a crime under international humanitarian law ; The normative impact of the international tribunal for former Yugoslavia ; International criminalization of internal atrocities ; The continuing role of custom in the formation of international humanitarian law ; Answering for war crimes: lessons from the Balkans ; Classification of armed conflict in former Yugoslavia: Nicaragua's fallout ; War crimes law comes of age