MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01971cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2009002086
003 DLC
005 20120119192959.0
008 090116s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009002086
020 $a9780199546664 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a9780199546671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aKZ7075$b.R38 2009
082 00 $a345/.0235$222
100 1 $aRatner, Steven R.
245 10 $aAccountability for human rights atrocities in international law :$bbeyond the Nuremberg legacy /$cSteven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $al, 483 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [429]-472) and index.
505 0 $aIndividual accountability for human rights abuses: historical and legal underpinnings -- Genocide and the imperfections of codification -- Crimes against humanity and the inexactitude of custom -- War crimes and the limitations of accountability for acts in armed conflict -- Other abuses incurring individual responsibility under international law -- Expanding and contracting culpability: complicity, defenses, and other barriers to criminality -- Mechanisms for accountability: framing the issues -- The forum of first resort: national tribunals -- The progeny of Nuremberg: international criminal tribunals -- Non-prosecutorial options: investigatory commissions, civil suits, immigration measures, and lustration -- Developing the case: comments on evidence and judicial assistance -- Evidence: a dearth of uniform standards -- The Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia: a historical overview -- Applying the law -- Engaging the mechanisms -- Striving for justice: the prospects for individual accountability.
650 0 $aCriminal liability (International law)
650 0 $aInternational crimes.
700 1 $aAbrams, Jason S.
700 1 $aBischoff, James L.