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The Defence of 'Obedience to Superior Orders' in International Law.
The first comprehensive monograph on the defence of superior orders after the second world war, which remains pre-eminent in the field, the republication of this highly-sophisticated work once again makes this book available to scholars and students in the field. First published in 1965, Yoram Dinst...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Table of Cases; List of Abbreviations; Postscript Preface for Reprinted Edition; Foreword; PART I: NATIONAL LAW; Chapter 1: The Dilemma and its Solutions; Chapter 2: The Leipzig Trials; PART II: INTERNATIONAL THEORY; Introductory Note; Chapter 1: The Manifest Illegality Principle and the Personal Knowledge Principle; Chapter 2: The Doctrine of Respondeat Superior; 1. Oppenheim's Proposition; 2. Mistake of Law and Compulsion as the Basis of the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior.
- 3. The Distinction between the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior and the Acts of State DoctrineChapter 3: The Doctrine of Absolute Liability; Chapter 4: The Mens Rea Principle; 1. Mistake of Law and Compulsion; 2. Mistake of Fact vs. Mistake of Law; 3. A Proposed Solution of the Problem of Obedience to Superior Orders; PART III: INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION, 1919-1945; Chapter 1: Initial Irresolution; 1. The Peace Conference, 1919; 2. The Washington Conference, 1922; Chapter 2: The Negation of the Plea of Obedience to Superior Orders.
- 1. The Deliberations of the Commissions of the United Nations, 1942-19452. The Charter of the International Military Tribunal, 1945; PART IV: THE CASES; Chapter 1: Trials before International Tribunals; 1. Historical Note; 2. The Nuremberg Trial; 3. The Tokyo Trial; Chapter 2: Trials before National Courts; 1. Historical Note; 2. The 'Subsequent Proceedings' at Nuremberg; 3. Other Trials of War Criminals; Summing-Up of the Cases; PART V: INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION SINCE 1946; Chapter 1: Doubts and Vacillations; 1. The Genocide Convention, 1948; 2. The Red Cross Conventions, 1949.
- Chapter 2: The Work of the International Law Commission1. Historical Background; 2. The Nuremberg Principles; 3. The Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind; Conclusions; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.