Research Catalog

Title

Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams.

Author

Ratner, Steven R.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Abrams, Jason S.
• Mazal Holocaust Collection. TxSaTAM

Description

xxxv, 368 p.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Human rights
• Political atrocities
• Genocide
• Criminal liability (International law)
• International crimes
• Crimes against humanity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-360) and index.

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.

ISBN

0198265506 (hardbound)

LCCN

^^^97014441^

OCLC

36798520

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library