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Title

Genocide in international law : the crimes of crimes / William A. Schabas.

Author

Schabas, William, 1950-

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Description

xvi, 624 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This text focuses on the judicial interpretation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, debates in the International Law Commission, political statements in bodies like the General Assembly of the United Nations and the growing body of case law.

Subject

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)
• Convention on the Prevention and Treatment of Genocide (1948)
• Genocide
• International crimes

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-607) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Origins of the legal prohibition of genocide -- Drafting of the convention and subsequent normative developments -- Grounds protected by the convention -- The physical element or actus reus of genocide -- The mental element of mens rea of genocide -- 'Other acts' of genocide -- Defences to genocide -- Prosecution of genocide by international and domestic tribunals -- State responsibility and the role of the international court of justice -- Prevention of genocide -- Treaty law questions and the convention.

ISBN

• 0521782627 (hardback)
• 0521787904 (pbk.)
• 9780511009921 (electronic bk.)

LCCN

^^^99087924^

OCLC

43063199

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library