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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815840203321

Autore

Carey Henry F. <1953->

Titolo

Understanding international law through moot courts : genocide, torture, habeas corpus, chemical weapons, and the responsibility to protect / / Henry F. Carey and Stacey M. Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-7066-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

341

Soggetti

International criminal law - Study and teaching

Moot courts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL LAW THROUGH MOOT COURTS; Contents; 1. Crucial Topics for International Law Analysis, Debate, and Moot Courts; 2. The ""Turn to Protection"": International Human Rights Law/International Humanitarian Law and the Implications of their Convergence; 3. Alleged Genocide and Failure to Prevent and Punish Genocide: Nolandia versus Notoria and Idealia; 4. Responsibility to Protect: Prosecutor versus Marmyan President; 5. The Necessity Defense to the Criminal Use of Chemical Weapons: Prosecutor versus the Head of State, Post-War Country

6. Authorizing the Use of Torture for Interrogation: Prosecutor versus the Ministers of Defense and Justice7. Suspending Habeas Corpus during the War against Terrorism: Middle Eastern Country versus Western Country; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding International Law through Moot Courts: Genocide, Torture, Habeas Corpus, Chemical Weapons, and the Responsibility to Protect analyzes five moot court cases held before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. These cases offer insight on the international law pertaining to habeas corpus, genocide, the responsibility to protect, chemical weapons, and torture.