Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law
Subtitle: beyond the Nuremberg legacy
By: Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
Contributors: Abrams, Jason S.; Bischoff, James L.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780199546664; 9780199546671
Subjects: Crimes against humanity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Individual accountability for human rights abuses: historical and legal underpinnings; title: Genocide and the imperfections of codification; title: Crimes against humanity and the inexactitude of custom; title: War crimes and the limitations of accountability for acts in armed conflict; title: Other abuses incurring individual responsibility under international law; title: Expanding and contracting culpability: complicity, defenses, and other barriers to criminality; title: Mechanisms for accountability: framing the issues; title: The forum of first resort: national tribunals; title: The progeny of Nuremberg: international criminal tribunals; title: Non-prosecutorial options: investigatory commissions, civil suits, immigration measures, and lustration; title: Developing the case: comments on evidence and judicial assistance 288; title: Evidence: a dearth of uniform standards; title: The Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia: a historical overview; title: Applying the law; title: Engaging the mechanisms; title: Striving for justice: the prospects for individual accountability.