Lemkin on Genocide

Informationen zum Autor Steven Leonard Jacobs is the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies and associate professor at the University of Alabama. Klappentext Providing an annotated commentary on two unpublished manuscripts written by international law and genocide scholar Raphael Lemkin! Steven L. Jacobs offers a critical introduction to the father of genocide studies. Lemkin coined the term "genocide" and was the motivating force behind the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. The materials collected here give readers further insight into this singularly courageous man and the issue which consumed him in the aftermath of the Second World War. It is a welcome addition to the library of genocide and Holocaust Studies scholars and students alike.

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• Authors: Steven L. Jacobs, Steven Leonard Jacobs, Raphael Lemkin
• Assisted by: Steven Leonard Jacobs (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780739192825
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9282-5
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Zweiter Weltkrieg, Europa, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Geschichte der Religion, Religion und Politik, Gesellschaftliche Gruppen