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Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
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Title:Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
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Author/Creator:Ratner, Steven R.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Abrams, Jason S.
Bischoff, James L.
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Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: K5301 .R38 2009 (LC)
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Crimes against humanity.
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Edition:3rd ed.
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Description:l, 483 pages ; 24 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-472) and index.
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ISBN:9780199546671 (pbk.)
0199546673 (pbk.)
9780199546664 (hbk.)
0199546665 (hbk.)
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Contents:Pt. I. Substantive Law
1. Individual Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Historical and Legal Underpinnings
2. Genocide and the Imperfections of Codification
3. Crimes Against Humanity and the Inexactitude of Custom
4. War Crimes and the Limitations of Accountability for Acts in Armed Conflict
5. Other Abuses Incurring Individual Responsibility Under International Law
6. Expanding and Contracting Culpability: Complicity, Defenses, and Other Barriers to Criminality
Pt. II. Mechanisms for Accountability
7. Mechanisms for Accountability: Framing the Issues
8. Forum of First Resort: National Tribunals
9. Progeny of Nuremberg: International Criminal Tribunals
10. Non-Prosecutorial Options: Investigatory Commissions, Civil Suits, Immigration Measures, and Lustration
11. Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance
Pt. III. Case Study: The Atrocities of the Khmer Rouge
12. Khmer Rouge Rule over Cambodia: A Historical Overview
13. Applying the Law
14. Engaging the Mechanisms
Pt. IV. Conclusions
15. Striving for Justice: The Prospects for Individual Accountability.