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Autore |
Byron Christine |
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Titolo |
War crimes and crimes against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court [[electronic resource] /] / Christine Byron |
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Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-78170-194-6 |
1-84779-275-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Melland Schill studies in international law |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War crimes |
Crimes against humanity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- War crimes (I) : grave breaches -- War crimes (II) : other offences in international armed conflicts -- War crimes (III) : non-international armed conflicts -- Crimes against humanity -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a critical analysis of the definitions of war crimes and crimes against humanity as construed in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.Each crime is discussed from its origins in treaty or customary international law, through developments as a result of the jurisprudence of modern ad hoc or internationalised tribunals, to modifications introduced by the Rome Statute and the Elements of Crimes. The influence of human rights law upon the definition of crimes is discussed, as is the possible impact of State reservations to the underlying treaties which form the b |
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