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1 online resource (xi, 343 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index. |
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Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction : Justifying war but restricting tactics -- I. Just war tradition and war crimes -- II. Humanitarian concerns -- III. Justificatory hurdles -- IV. Classifying war crimes -- V. Summary of the arguments of the book -- pt. A. Philosophical groundings -- 2. Collective responsibility and honor during war -- I. Moral equality of soldiers -- II. Honor of soldiers -- III. Collective responsibility for increased vulnerability -- IV. Harming humanity and war crimes prosecutions -- V. Protected persons during war -- 3. Jus gentium and minimal natural law -- I. Grotius on the sources of jus gentium -- II. Grotian natural law theory and the rules of war -- III. Refining the principle of humanity -- IV. Connecting consensual and universal sources of the rules of war -- 4. Humane treatment as the cornerstone of the rules of war -- I. Geneva conventions and international humanitarian law -- II. Concept of humane treatment -- III. Compassion and minimal suffering -- IV. Mercy, equity, and honor -- V. Human rights and humane treatment. |
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pt. B. Problems in identifying war crimes -- 5. Killing naked soldiers : combatants and noncombatants -- I. Some notes on the metaphysics of social groups -- II. Identifying soldiers and civilians -- III. Guilty and the innocent -- IV. Case of the naked soldier -- V. Saving the principle of discrimination -- 6. Shooting poisoned arrows : banned and accepted weapons -- I. An absolute ban? -- II. Gentili on the use of poisons -- III. Grotius and fairness in contests -- IV. Minimizing suffering -- V. Poisoning and necessity -- 7. Torturing prisoners of war : normal and confined soldiers -- I. Grotius on slaves and prisoners of war -- II. Confinement and torture -- III. Fiduciary and stewardship obligations -- IV. Moral equality of prisoners of war -- V. Refocusing the proportionality principle. |
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pt. C. Normative principles -- 8. Principle of discrimination or distinction -- I. Focusing on status rather than behavior -- II. Humane treatment and discrimination -- III. Naked soldier returns -- IV. Objections -- V. Individualism and collectivism -- 9. Principle of necessity -- I. Poisons and aerial bombardment -- II. Necessity and humane treatment -- III. Necessity in domestic and international criminal law -- IV. Formulating a test for military necessity -- V. Relating proportionality and necessity -- 10. Principle of proportionality -- I. Israeli case -- II. Humane treatment and proportionality -- III. Proportionality and weighing lives -- IV. Connecting the normative principles of jus in bello. |
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pt. D. Prosecuting war crimes -- 11. Prosecuting soldiers for war crimes -- I. Kvocka case -- II. Mens rea of camp guards -- III. Criminal liability of soldiers -- IV. Joint criminal liability -- V. Collective liability and international crime -- 12. Prosecuting military leaders for war crimes -- I. Case against General Blaskic -- II. Blaskic's appeal -- III. Mens rea of leaders -- IV. Negligence in international criminal law -- V. Benighting acts, willfulness, and pre-commitment -- 13. Commanded and commanding defenses -- I. Military leaders and necessity -- II. Soldiers and duress -- III. Mitigation of punishment for war crimes -- IV. War and coercion -- V. Treating soldiers and commanders humanely -- 14. Epilogue and conclusions : Should terrorists be treated humanely? -- I. Problem of terrorists -- II. Who are the terrorists? -- III. What are terrorists owed? -- IV. Honor and instilling humaneness -- V. Tu quoque -- VI. Conclusions and the Grotian Project -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Argues that war crimes are best understood as crimes against humanness rather than violations of justice. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
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Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645. |
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War (Philosophy) -- History.
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War (Philosophy) |
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History. |
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War crimes -- History -- 20th century.
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War crimes. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Humanitarian law.
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Humanitarian law. |
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Just war doctrine -- History.
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Just war doctrine. |
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Crimes against humanity -- Yugoslavia.
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Crimes against humanity. |
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Yugoslavia. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: May, Larry. War crimes and just war. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006014489 |
| ISBN |
052187114X (cloth) |
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9780521871143 (cloth) |
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051127842X (electronic book) |
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9780511278426 (electronic book) |
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9780511279027 (electronic book) |
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0511279027 (electronic book) |
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0511277229 |
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9780511277221 |
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0511277814 |
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9780511277818 |
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9780511841002 (electronic book) |
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0511841000 (electronic book) |
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9780521691536 (paperback) |
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0521691532 |
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