This book is the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law. The focus is on the moral, legal, and political questions that arise when individuals who commit collective crimes, such as crimes against humanity, are held accountable by international crimi
Crimes against Humanity: A Normative Account
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Series
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
- Edition
- Repr
- Category
- Fiction
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