"Crimes against peace" and international law / Kirsten Sellars.
"In 1946, the judges at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg declared 'crimes against peace' - the planning, initiation or waging of aggressive wars - to be 'the supreme international crime'. At the time, the prosecuting powers heralded the charge as being a lega...
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| Superior document: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 97 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law. New series ;
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| Physical Description: | xv, 316 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The emergence of the idea of aggression; 2. The quest for control; 3. The creation of a crime; 4. Innovation and orthodoxy at Nuremberg; 5. The Allies and an ad hoc charge; 6. The elimination of Japanese militarism; 7. Questions of self-defence; 8. Divisions on the bench at Tokyo; 9. The uncertain legacy of crimes against peace; Postscript.