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The defence of "obedience to superior orders" in international law. Introd. By Shabtai Rosenne.

Title: The defence of "obedience to superior orders" in international law. Introd. By Shabtai Rosenne.
Author: Dinstein, Yoram
Publication: Leyden, A. W. Sijthoff, 1965.

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xvi, 278 p.; 25cm.

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Bibliography: p. 255-263.

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Contents

I. National law. 1. The dilemma and its solutions -- 2. The Leipzig trials -- II. International theory. 1. The manifest illegality principle and the personal knowledge principle -- 2. The doctrine of respondeat superior -- 3. The doctrine of absolute liability -- 4. The mens rea principle -- III. International legislation, 1919-1945. 1. Initial irresolution -- 2. The negation of the plea of obedience to superior orders -- IV. The cases. 1. Trials before international tribunals -- 2. Trials before national courts -- V. International legislation since 1946. 1. Doubts and vacillations -- 2. The work of the International Law Commission.

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