The Rise and Fall of War Crimes Trials From Charles I to Bush II

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the politics of war crimes trials.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Charles Anthony (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; The Rise and Fall of War Crimes Trials; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; Overview; The Evolution of Justice and the Concept of Law; Politics and Power; The Cases; 2: Antecedents and Origins of War Crimes Tribunals: The Trial of Charles I and the Trialof Captain Henry Wirz; The Trial of Charles I; The Trial of Captain Henry Wirz; 3: The Institutionalization of War Crimes Tribunals: The Nuremberg Trials and theTokyo Trials; The Nuremberg Trials; The Tokyo War Crimes Trial; Charles I, Captain Wirz, Nuremberg, and Tokyo in Perspective.
  • 4: Domestication of War Crimes Tribunals: Argentina, South Africa, and theFormer Soviet StatesArgentina; The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa; Lustration and the Former Soviet States; 5: Third-Party War Crimes Tribunals: The ICTY and the ICTR; The Former Yugoslav States; Rwanda; 6: Globalization of War Crimes Tribunals through the International Criminal Court; 7: The Fall of War Crimes Tribunals: Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror; Iraq; Afghanistan and the War on Terror; 8: Conclusion; References; Websites; Index.