Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams.
- Title
- Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams.
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- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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- Description
- xxxv, 368 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- Individual accountability for human rights abuses: historical and legal underpinnings -- Genocide and the imperfection of codification -- Crimes against humanity and the inexactitude of custom -- War crimes and the limitations of accountability for acts in armed conflict -- Other abuses incurring individual responsibility under international law -- Expanding and contracting culpability: related crimes, defenses, and other barriers to criminality -- Mechanisms of accountability: framing the issues -- The forum of first resort: national tribunals -- The progeny of Nuremberg: international criminal tribunal -- Non-prosecutorial options: investigatory commissions, civil suits, and immigration measures -- Developing the case: comments on evidence and judicial assistance -- The Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia: a historical overview -- Applying the law -- Engaging the mechanisms -- Striving for justice: the prospects for individual accountability.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-360) and index.