The Genocide Convention : an international law analysis
The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyzes the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility of genocide as a legal concept
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A crime without a name
The contours of genocide
Genocide in crime codes
Prosecuting under a quasi-genocide statute
Prosecuting without a genocide statute
Prosecuting under a true genocide statute
Prosecuting in international courts
Suing in the world court
Ex post facto genocide
Treaty violation or crime
Genocide in customary law
The UN Security Council and genocide
The acts of genocide
Genocide by killing
Destroying a group
Instant destruction
Intent without intent
The motives for genocide
The intent of others
The numbers game
Identifying a group
A group in the eye of the beholder
Genocide by mistake
Retail genocide
Wholesale genocide
Local genocide
Targeting important persons
Targeting political opponents
Ethnic cleansing and genocidal intent
Ethnic cleansing in the courts
Human habitat
Aerial genocide
Nuclear genocide
Opting out
The Convention's curious omission
States as criminals
States as perpetrators of genocide
Other routes to jurisdiction
States as intermeddlers
A legal interest in genocide
Compensation for victims
The World Court's power
The need for genocide
The power of domestic courts
The deterrent value of genocide
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010