Unimaginable Atrocities - Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals

Zusatztext Insightfully explain[s] the conceptual foundations and prospective paths for an international criminal judiciary. Schabas' book reveals once more that international criminal law is shaped by a complex relationship of policy and law, which unfortunately can only partly prevent war crimes while influencing how humanity confronts unimaginable atrocities. Informationen zum Autor Professor William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He also has appointments at the National University of Ireland Galway, where he is professor of human rights law, at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in Beijing, as honorary professor, Kellogg College of the University of Oxford, where he is a visiting fellow, and at the Université du Québec à Montréal, as professeur associé. Prof. Schabas practices from the chambers of 9 Bedford Row, in London. Klappentext As international criminal justice has grown in prominence, so have the challenges facing it. This book discusses the unresolved questions and dilemmas confronted by international war crimes courts. These include the controversies surrounding prosecutorial policy, the tension between peace and justice, and accusations of victor's justice. Zusammenfassung As international criminal justice has grown in prominence, so have the challenges facing it. This book discusses the unresolved questions and dilemmas confronted by international war crimes courts. These include the controversies surrounding prosecutorial policy, the tension between peace and justice, and accusations of victor's justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: 'Unimaginable Atrocities': Identifying International Crimes 2: Nullum Crimen Sine Lege 3: Victors' Justice? Selecting Targets for Prosecution 4: The Genocide Mystique 5: Mens Rea, Actus Reus, and the Role of the State 6: History, International Justice, and the Right to Truth 7: No Peace Without Justice? The Amnesty Quandary 8: Crimes Against Peace ...

Product details

• Authors: William Schabas, Schabas William
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9780198712954
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871295-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / Courts, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Criminal Law, War Crimes, Public international law: criminal law, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures