Crimes against humanity : birth of a concept /
This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity. It examines its origins, the ethical assumptions underpinning it, its legal and philosophical boundaries, and some of the controversies connected with it. A brief historical introduction is followed by an explorati...
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Origins and development; 2. Why against humanity?; 3. A jurisdictional threshold; 4. Humanitarian intervention; 5. Utopia into law; Appendix: Review of Larry May; Bibliography; Index.