Genocide in international law
Subtitle: the crime of crimes
By: William A. Schaba.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 741
ISBN-13: 9780521883979
Subjects: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide -- (1948); Genocide
Description: Previous edition, 1st, published in 2000.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the legal prohibition of genocide; title: Drafting of the convention and subsequent normative developments; title: Groups protected by the convention; title: The physical element or actus reus of genocide; title: The mental element or mens rea of genocide; title: 'Other acts' of genocide; title: Defences to genocide; title: Prosecution of genocide by international and domestic tribunals; title: State responsibility and the role of the international court of justice; title: Prevention of genocide; title: Treaty law questions and the convention.