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War crimes and just war /
Argues that war crimes are best understood as crimes against humanness rather than violations of justice.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
©2007 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction : Justifying war but restricting tactics
- I. The 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. The moral equality of soldiers
- II. The 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. The Geneva conventions and international humanitarian law
- II. The concept of humane treatment
- III. Compassion and minimal suffering
- IV. Mercy, equity, and honor
- V. Human rights and humane treatment.
- 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. The guilty and the innocent
- IV. The 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. The moral equality of prisoners of war
- V. Refocusing the proportionality principle.
- pt. C. Normative principles
- 8. The principle of discrimination or distinction
- I. Focusing on status rather than behavior
- II. Humane treatment and discrimination
- III. The naked soldier returns
- IV. Objections
- V. Individualism and collectivism
- 9. The 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. The principle of proportionality
- I. The Israeli case
- II. Humane treatment and proportionality
- III. Proportionality and weighing lives
- IV. Connecting the normative principles of jus in bello.
- pt. D. Prosecuting war crimes
- 11. Prosecuting soldiers for war crimes
- I. The Kvocka case
- II. The 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. The case against General Blaskic
- II. Blaskic's appeal
- III. The 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. The 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.