1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453569803321

Autore

Ntoubandi Faustin Z

Titolo

Amnesty for crimes against humanity under international law [[electronic resource] /] / by Faustin Z. Ntoubandi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007

ISBN

1-281-93678-2

9786611936785

90-474-2230-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Nijhoff eBook titles 2007

Disciplina

345/.0235

Soggetti

Crimes against humanity

War crimes

Political crimes and offenses

Amnesty

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. [233]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 1. General Introduction / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 2. The Concept of Amnesty / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 3. Crimes against Humanity in International Law / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 4. Individual Criminal Liability for Crimes against Humanity / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 5. States Obligations in Respect of Crimes against Humanity / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 6. Amnesty Law in South Africa: Assertion of an Amnesty Exception to the General Prohibition of Crimes against Humanity / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 7. International Law and the Rejection of the Amnesty Exception Argument / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Chapter 8. General Concluding Assessment and Suggestions / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Bibliography / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Index / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi.

Sommario/riassunto

Much of the recent scholarly writings and debates on amnesty have revolved around its lawfulness, when granted in respect of the most serious crimes under international law committed in the context of civil armed conflicts. The inconclusiveness of international law on this issue



- with positive international law and opinio juris calling for criminal prosecution, and State's practice favouring practical political solutions - does nothing more than deepen the confusion already affecting the international legality of national amnesties. Building on emerging trends in State's practice, this book attempts to clarify the question of the legality of national amnesties for crimes against humanity by suggesting a compromised legal framework within which amnesty and accountability can both be accommodated.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963434703321

Autore

Petter Thomas D (Thomas David), <1963->

Titolo

The Land between Two Rivers : Early Israelite Identities in Transjordan / / Thomas D. Petter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781575068756

1575068753

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages)

Disciplina

933/.502

Soggetti

Jews - History - 1200-953 B.C

Historical geography - Jordan

Ethnicity - Jordan

Ethnoarchaeology - Jordan

Iron age - Jordan

Israeliten

Ethnoarchäologie

Eisenzeit

Jews

Iron age

Ethnoarchaeology

Ethnicity

Antiquities

Moab (Kingdom) History

Jordan Antiquities

Jordan

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.

Nota di contenuto

Central Transjordan as "tribal frontier" -- Theories of tribal ethnicities -- Contested histories of northern Moab -- Localized identities -- The Mādabā Plateau Region during the Early Iron I -- Prospects for historical dynamics -- Appendix A: Gazeteer of Iron I sites in central and northern Transjordan -- Appendix B: The collared pithos as a chronological marker.

Sommario/riassunto

A survey of recent scholarship shows that historians who are skeptical about any “real” history of early Israel have disparaged the idea that Israel had an early presence in Transjordan. This skeptical stance, however, is by no means shared by everyone. Cross, for instance, asserted that the tribe of Reuben was a catalyst for Yahwism in the period preceding the rise of kings in Israel and Transjordan (in the 10th/9th centuries B.C.). Weaving together biblical, extrabiblical, and archaeological data available to him at the time (1988), Cross demonstrated the reality of an early Israelite presence in Transjordan. Ongoing excavations—at Tall al-’Umayri, the type-site for the Late Bronze–Iron I transition in the region bounded by the Wadi Zarqa in the north and the Wadi Mujib in the south, and at Tall Madaba, which had an early Iron I settlement—now confirm a tribal presence in these Transjordanian areas during the early Iron I.By bringing together applicable anthropological research and relevant biblical, extrabiblical, and archaeological data, Petter outlines a context-driven interpretive framework within which to plot tribal ethnic expressions in the past. From the perspective of the longue durée, we can see that frontier regions tend to exhibit episodic changes of hand: competing sides claimed legitimate ownership, sometimes by way of making the gods owners of the land.