Elements of genocide / / edited by Paul Behrens and Ralph Henham

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 345/.0251
• Soggetto topico: Genocide; Genocide (International law)
• Altri autori: BehrensPaul HenhamRalph J. <1949->
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book."
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; PART I The concept and development of the law of genocide; 1 The social and the legal concept of genocide; 2 Establishing the foundations for the international criminalisation of acts of genocide: from the Martens Clause to the International Criminal Court; PART II The legal elements of genocide; 3 The actus reus of genocide; 4 The mens rea of genocide; 5 Forms of perpetration; 6 Incitement to genocide; PART III The domestic prosecution and sentencing of genocide; 7 The domestic prosecution of genocide ; 8 Sentencing perpetrators of genocidePART IV Concluding thoughts; 9 The need for a genocide law; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Elements of Genocide provides an authoritative evaluation of the current perception of the crime, as it appears in the decisions of judicial authorities, the writings of the foremost academic experts in the field, and in the texts of Commission Reports. Genocide constitutes one of the most significant problems in contemporary international law. Within the last fifteen years, the world has witnessed genocidal conduct in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the debate on the commission of genocide in Darfur and the DR Congo is ongoing. Within the same period, the prosecution of suspected
• Titolo autorizzato: Elements of genocide
• ISBN: 1-136-16855-9; 0-203-08062-9; 1-136-16856-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821429503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II