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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455559703321

Autore

Haas Michael <1938->

Titolo

George W. Bush, war criminal? [[electronic resource] ] : the Bush administration's liability for 269 war crimes / / Michael Haas ; foreword by Benjamin B. Ferencz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2009

ISBN

1-282-42120-4

9786612421204

0-313-36500-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Disciplina

341.60973

Soggetti

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States

International crimes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-370) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A president without a good lawyer -- Crimes of aggression -- Crimes committed in the conduct of war -- Crimes committed in the treatment of prisoners -- Crimes committed in the postwar occupations -- Tribunals for war crimes prosecution -- The Bush administration's war crimes liability.

Sommario/riassunto

Eminent jurists, professional legal organizations, and human rights monitors in this country and around the world have declared that President George W. Bush may be prosecuted as a war criminal when he leaves office for his overt and systematic violations of such international law as the Geneva and Hague Conventions and such US law as the War Crimes Act, the Anti-Torture Act, and federal assault laws. George W. Bush, War Criminal? identifies and documents 269 specific war crimes under US and international law for which President Bush, senior officials and staff in his administration, and milit