Genocide
A Normative Account
- Author: Larry May, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
- Date Published: May 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521122962
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Larry May examines the normative and conceptual problems concerning the crime of genocide. Genocide arises out of the worst of horrors. Legally, however, the unique character of genocide is reduced to a technical requirement, that the perpetrator's act manifest an intention to destroy a protected group. From this definition, many puzzles arise. How are groups to be identified and why are only four groups subject to genocide? What is the harm of destroying a group and why is this harm thought to be independent of killing many people? How can a person in the dock, as an individual, be responsible for a collective crime like genocide? How should we understand the specific crimes associated with genocide, especially instigation, incitement, and complicity? Paying special attention to the recent case law concerning the Rwanda genocide, May offers the first philosophical exploration of the crime of genocide in international criminal law.
Read more- The first philosophical exploration of the crime of genocide in international criminal law
- Special attention is given to recent case law concerning the Rwanda genocide
- A limited defence of genocide trials is provided as a means of reconciliation
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17th Oct 2024 by UName-144887
it has a simplified diction. broadens our mindset on crimes constituting a grave breach of international humanitarian law. it is a very good academic book.
Review was not posted due to profanity
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- Date Published: May 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521122962
- length: 296 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 153 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: problems of genocide
Part I. The Nature of Value of Groups:
2. Nominalism and the constituents of social groups
3. Identifying groups in genocide cases
Part II. The Harm of Genocide:
4. Harm to a group itself
5. Harms to identity of a group's members
Part III. Elements of Genocide:
6. Destroying groups in whole or in part
7. Collective and individual intent
8. Motive and destruction of a group 'as such'
Part IV. Responsibility for Genocide:
9. Complicity and the Rwandan genocide
10. Incitement to genocide and the Rwandan media case
11. Instigating, planning, and intending genocide in Rwanda
Part V. Special Problems of Genocide:
12. Genocide and humanitarian intervention
13. Reconciliation, criminal trials, and genocide.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- genocide theory and prevention
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