The birth of the new justice : the internationalization of crime and punishment, 1919-1950 / Mark Lewis.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: UK: Oxford University Press; 2016.Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 346 pagesISBN:- 9780198783251
- 341.7 LEW.B
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-333) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Nineteenth century precursors of an international criminal legal system -- 2. The birth of the new justice at the Paris Peace Conference -- 3. Crimes against humanity and crimes of denationalization : the victory of political expediency over justice -- 4. Blueprints for international criminal courts and their political rejection in the 1920s -- 5. International terrorism in the 1920s and '30s : the response of European states through the League of Nations and the attempt to create an international criminal court -- 6. The search for a victim-centered new justice, 1942-1946 : the World Jewish Congress and the Institute of Jewish Affairs -- 7. The Genocide Convention : the gutting of preventative measures, 1946-48 -- 8. Revisiting the Geneva Conventions, 1946-49 : synthesizing the old and new justice -- Epilogue -- Conclusion.
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