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The birth of the new justice : the internationalization of crime and punishment, 1919-1950
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'The Birth of the New Justice' is a history of the attempts to instate ad hoc and permanent international criminal courts and new international criminal laws from the end of World War I to the begi...
'The Birth of the New Justice' is a history of the attempts to instate ad hoc and permanent international criminal courts and new international criminal laws from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Cold War. The purpose of these courts was to repress aggressive war, war crimes, terrorism, and genocide.
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- Creator
- Mark Lewis
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (359 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780199660285, 9781306474030, 9780191635717, 0191635715, 9780191757716, 1306474035, 0191757713, 019966028X
- OCLC
- ocn922972943, ocn881733617
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; The Birth of the New Justice: The Internationalization of Crime and Punishment, 1919-1950; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Footnote Key; Introduction; 1: Nineteenth Century Precursors of an International Criminal Legal System; 2: The Birth of the New Justice at the Paris Peace Conference; THE ALLIES' REASONS FOR POST-WAR INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTIONS; THE COMMISSION ON RESPONSIBILITIES: THE EUROPEAN-U.S. DIVISION; TRIALS IN THE POLITICIANS' HANDS; THE BALKAN VICTORS: INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IN THE SERVICE OF NATIONAL GOALS
- THE POLITICAL REJECTION OF THE VERSAILLES PENALTY CAUSESTHE PROBLEMS OF THE "NEW JUSTICE"; 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; THE NEGOTIATIONS TO CREATE THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE; DESCAMPS' PLAN: AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO PROTECT PUBLIC ORDER; RECONCILIATION WITHOUT PUNISHMENT? THE PLAN FOR A NEUTRAL RED CROSS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OF WAR, 1921
- RECTIFYING THE COUNCIL OF FOUR'S MISTAKE: THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION'S PLAN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR WAR CRIMESASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE DROIT PÉNAL AND THE RISE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW; PELLA'S SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF AGGRESSIVE WAR; THE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL DE DROIT PÉNAL'S PLAN: INTEGRATION WITH STATE SOVEREIGNTY; ATTEMPTS TO GAIN POLITICAL TRACTION; THE UNIFICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW CODES: A SECOND STRATEGY; THE MOVEMENT NARROWS ITS SCOPE TO COUNTERFEITING; THE POSITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW MOVEMENT AT THE END OF THE DECADE
- 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 CourtA COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN TERRORISM AND STATE RESPONSES BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR ONE; THE MARSEILLE CATALYST; THE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JURISTS; THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REPRESSION OF TERRORISM; THE WEAKNESSES IN THE FINAL PRODUCT; THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE; SUPPORT FOR THE CONVENTIONS; WHY THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
- 6: The Search for a Victim-Centered New Justice, 1942-1946: The World Jewish Congress and the Institute of Jewish AffairsFROM MINORITY RIGHTS TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION; DIVERGENT LEGAL VIEWS; DIVERGENT DIPLOMATIC STRATEGIES; THE OFFICIAL WAR CRIMES POLICY: A VICTIMCENTERED NEW JUSTICE; THE INSTITUTE'S INFLUENCE ON THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES; THE FIRST NUREMBERG TRIAL: HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS; HISTORICAL EVALUATION; 7: The Genocide Convention: The Gutting of Preventative Measures, 1946-48; THE CONVENTION'S PROVISIONS; THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT; LEMKIN'S CONCEPT OF GENOCIDE
- DE VABRES AND PELLA'S FATES DURING THE WAR