Research Catalog

Title

The Genocide Convention : an international law analysis / John Quigley.

Author

Quigley, John B.

Publication

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2006.

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Details

Description

xv, 301 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law, and genocide law in particular, can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyses the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility of genocide as a legal concept"--Unedited summary from book cover.

Series Statement

International and comparative criminal justice

Uniform Title

International and comparative criminal justice.

Subject

• Crimes against humanity
• Genocide

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A crime without a name -- The contours of genocide -- Genocide in crime codes -- Prosecuting under a quasi-genocide statute -- Prosecuting without a genocide statute -- Prosecuting under a true genocide statute -- Prosecuting in international courts -- Suing in the world court -- Ex post facto genocide -- Treaty violation or crime -- Genocide in customary law -- The UN Security Council and genocide -- The acts of genocide -- Genocide by killing -- Destroying a group -- Instant destruction -- Intent without intent -- The motives for genocide -- The intent of others -- The numbers game -- Identifying a group -- A group in the eye of the beholder -- Genocide by mistake -- Retail genocide -- Wholesale genocide -- Local genocide -- Targeting important persons -- Targeting political opponents -- Ethnic cleansing and genocidal intent -- Ethnic cleansing in the courts -- Human habitat -- Aerial genocide -- Nuclear genocide -- Opting out -- The Convention's curious omission -- States as criminals -- States as perpetrators of genocide -- Other routes to jurisdiction -- States as intermeddlers -- A legal interest in genocide -- Compensation for victims -- The world court's power -- The need for genocide -- The power of domestic courts -- The deterrent value of genocide.

ISBN

0754647307 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006000103

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library