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Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity : Misconceptions and Confusion in French Law and Practice.
This book explores the ambiguities of the French law of genocide by exposing the inexplicable dichotomy between a progressive theory and a disinclined practice. Observing that the crime of genocide has remained absent from French courtrooms to the benefit of crimes against humanity, this research di...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Hart Publishing Limited,
2013.
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| Colección: | Studies in international and comparative criminal law ;
v. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Prelims; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Introduction; Part 1. Crimes Against Humanity: From Nuremberg to Lyon ... And Back Again; 1. Trying Klaus Barbie: Setting a Precedent?; 2. Trying Paul Touvier and Maurice Papon: Twisting the Precedent; 3. A Problematic Legacy; Part 2. Punishing Genocide: Too Much To Ask?; 4. The Direct Applicability of the Genocide Convention under French Law; 5. The Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to the Crime of Genocide; 6. The Applicabiltiy of Retroactive Criminal Norms.
- 7. The Contemporary Understanding of the Law of Genocide by the French Judiciary: Dualism in Disguise8. Concluding Observations; Part 3. Why Genocide?; 9. Responding to the Incorrect Ill-Qualification of Vichy France in the Touvier and Papon Cases; 10. Responding to the Equalisation of Victims in the Barbie Case; 11. Genocide: A Crime Against the Family?; 12. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.