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Crimes Against Humanity Historical Evolution and Contemporary Application

Name: Crimes Against Humanity
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107001152
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Author: M. Cherif Bassiouni
ISBN: 9781107001152

By M. Cherif Bassiouni

Cambridge University Press June 2011

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781107001152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: June 2011
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book traces the evolution of crimes against humanity (CAH) and their application from the end of World War I to the present day, in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject-matter content. The first part of the book addresses general issues pertaining to the categorization of CAH in normative jurisprudential and doctrinal terms. This is followed by an analysis of the specific contents of CAH, describing its historic phases going through international criminal tribunals, mixed model tribunals and the International Criminal Court. The book examines the general parts and defenses of the crime, along with the history and jurisprudence of both international and national prosecutions. For the first time, a list of all countries that have enacted national legislation specifically directed at CAH is collected, along with all of the national prosecutions that have occurred under national legislation up to 2010.

Contents:: 1. Legal nature; 2. Phenomenological considerations; 3. Emergence in positive international lawl; 2. Post-charter developments; 5. The principles of legality in the London charter and post-charter developments; 6. Specific contents; 7. Ratione personae and elements of criminal responsibility; 8. Defenses and exonerations; 9. A survey of national legislation and prosecutions for international crimes and crimes against humanity; 10. Concluding assessment.