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  • Kritische Analyse und Reformvorschlag zu Art. II Genozidkonvention (Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht) (German Edition)by Angela Paul

    Springer 2008; US$ 84.99

    Mit der Hilfe der Genozidkonvention sollte der Genozid verhütet und bestraft werden. Diese Ziele wurden jedoch nicht erreicht. Auch nach dem Inkrafttreten der Konvention wurden unzählige Angehörige unterschiedlichster Gruppen verfolgt - bestraft wurden jedoch nur relativ wenige Täter. In dieser Arbeit werden die Defizite von Art. II Genozidkonvention... more...

  • Mental Disorder and Criminal Lawby Richard L. Wiener; Brian H. Bornstein

    Springer 2008; US$ 69.99

    The death penalty has long played a central role in jurisprudence, in terms of identifying the most serious offenses and the most culpable offenders, as well as understanding the mental conditions that may exclude an offender from such a sentence. This title explores the concept of 'protecting well-being while pursuing justice'. more...

  • Harsh Justiceby James Q. Whitman

    Oxford University Press, USA 2005; US$ 22.99

    Introduction. 1. Degradation, Harshness, and Mercy. 2. Contemporary American Harshness: Rejecting Respect for Persons. 3. Continental Dignity and Mildness. 4. The Continental Abolition of Degradation. 5. Low Status in the Anglo-American World. Conclusion: Two Revolutions of Status. Notes. Bibliography. Index more...

  • The Crime of Destruction and the Law of Genocideby Caroline Fournet

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 124.95

    This work deals with the crime of genocide and with the social and collective memory of this crime. The volume shows that genocide fails to be adequately remembered due to the inherent defects of the law of genocide itself. The book thus links the social phenomenon to the legal theory (the legal norms) as well as to the legal practice (the trials). more...

  • The Grammar of Criminal Law, 1by George P. Fletcher

    Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 84.99

    The Grammar of Criminal Law is a 3-volume work that addresses the field of international and comparative criminal law, with its primary focus on the issues of international concern, ranging from genocide, to domestic efforts to combat terrorism, to torture, and to other international crimes. The first volume is devoted to foundational issues. The Grammar... more...

  • International Cooperation in Counter-terrorismby Giuseppe Nesi

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 130.00

    A timely analysis of global and regional responses to terrorism, examining the role of the United Nations and regional organizations. It provides a debate on how the fight against terrorism has encroached upon fundamental rules of international law. more...

  • The Genocide Conventionby John Quigley

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 130.00

    The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyzes the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility... more...

  • Punishment and Retributionby Leo Zaibert

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 130.00

    Punishment is a phenomenon which occurs in many contexts. Discussions of punishment assume punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. This book contains an account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts and t more...

  • Genocide in International Lawby William A. Schabas

    Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 87.00

    This second edition focuses on the drafting and subsequent interpretation of the 1948 Genocide Convention. more...

  • International Criminal Lawby Ilias Bantekas; Susan Nash

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 73.95

    Providing an introduction to, and detailed examination of substantive, enforcement and procedural aspects of international criminal law, this book?s examination of international and transnational crimes under treaty and customary law has been fully updated and revised. Exploring the enforcement of international criminal law through an investigation... more...