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1 online resource (328 pages) |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the politics of war crimes trials. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
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Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. |
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- |
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War crime trials -- History.
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War crime trials. |
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History. |
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International criminal courts.
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International criminal courts. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Charles Anthony. Rise and Fall of War Crimes Trials : From Charles I to Bush II. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107023543 |
| ISBN |
9781139377614 |
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1139377612 |
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1107023548 |
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9781107023543 |
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9781139380478 (electronic book) |
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1139380478 (electronic book) |
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9781139151733 |
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1139151738 |
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9781107680715 (paperback) |
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9781139376181 |
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9786613633798 |
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