Law Against Genocide - Cosmopolitan Trials

Bringing a sociologist's insight to legal institutions and narratives, this book is an innovative and timely sociological contribution to current concerns regarding critical cosmopolitanism, human rights and crimes against humanity.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Cosmopolitan Law; Chapter 2 Individual Responsibility and Cosmopolitan Law; Chapter 3 Crimes Against Humanity; Chapter 4 Peace, Security and Justice in the Former Yugoslavia; Chapter 5 The Trials of Blaskic and Tadic at the ICTY; Chapter 6 The Sawoniuk Trial; Chapter 7 Irving v Lipstadt and the Legal Construction of Authoritative Cosmopolitan Narrative; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

About the author

David Hirsh

Summary

Bringing a sociologist's insight to legal institutions and narratives, this book is an innovative and timely sociological contribution to current concerns regarding critical cosmopolitanism, human rights and crimes against humanity.

Product details

• Authors: David Hirsh, Hirsh David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138179196
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17919-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing