- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages)
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in modern European history
- Uniform Title
- Birth of the new justice (Online)
- Oxford studies in modern European history.
- Alternative Title
- Birth of the new justice (Online)
- Subject
- International criminal law > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-333) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Nineteenth century precursors of an international criminal legal system -- 2. The birth of the new justice at the Paris Peace Conference -- 3. Crimes against humanity and crimes of denationalization : the victory of political expediency over justice -- 4. Blueprints for international criminal courts and their political rejection in the 1920s -- 5. International terrorism in the 1920s and '30s : the response of European states through the League of Nations and the attempt to create an international criminal court -- 6. The search for a victim-centered new justice, 1942-1946 : the World Jewish Congress and the Institute of Jewish Affairs -- 7. The Genocide Convention : the gutting of preventative measures, 1946-48 -- 8. Revisiting the Geneva Conventions, 1946-49 : synthesizing the old and new justice -- Epilogue -- Conclusion.
- LCCN
- 2013942200
- OCLC
- ssj0001211517
- Author
Lewis, Mark, 1968-
- Title
The birth of the new justice [electronic resource] : the internationalization of crime and punishment, 1919-1950 / Mark Lewis.
- Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
Oxford studies in modern European history
Oxford studies in modern European history.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-333) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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