Crimes Against Humanity: Birth of a Concept - Hardcover

Geras, Norman

 
9780719082412: Crimes Against Humanity: Birth of a Concept
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0719082412 ISBN 13: 9780719082412
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity. It examines its origins, the ethical assumptions underpinning it, its legal and philosophical boundaries, and some of the controversies connected with it. A brief historical introduction is followed by an exploration of the various meanings of the term ‘crimes against humanity’ that have been suggested; a definition is proposed linking it to the idea of basic human rights. The book looks at some problems with the boundaries of the concept, the threshold for its proper application and the related issue of humanitarian intervention. It concludes with a discussion of the prospects for the further development of crimes-against-humanity law.

The work serves as a clear and compact introduction for students of politics, philosophy and law, as well as for the general reading public.

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Norman Geras is Professor Emeritus in Politics at the University of Manchester.

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This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity. It examines its origins, the ethical assumptions underpinning it, its legal and philosophical boundaries, and some of the controversies connected with it. A brief historical introduction is followed by an exploration of the various meanings of the term 'crimes against humanity' that have been suggested; a definition is proposed linking it to the idea of basic human rights. The book looks at some problems with the boundaries of the concept, the threshold for its proper application and the related issue of humanitarian intervention. It concludes with a discussion of the prospects for the further development of crimes-against-humanity law.

The work serves as a clear and compact introduction for students of politics, philosophy and law, as well as for the general reading public.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0719082412
ISBN 13 
9780719082412
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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