Genocide

A Normative Account
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-12296-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 432 g

Larry May examines the normative and conceptual problems concerning the crime of genocide. Genocide arises out of the worst of horrors. Legally, however, the unique character of genocide is reduced to a technical requirement, that the perpetrator's act manifest an intention to destroy a protected group. From this definition, many puzzles arise. How are groups to be identified and why are only four groups subject to genocide? What is the harm of destroying a group and why is this harm thought to be independent of killing many people? How can a person in the dock, as an individual, be responsible for a collective crime like genocide? How should we understand the specific crimes associated with genocide, especially instigation, incitement, and complicity? Paying special attention to the recent case law concerning the Rwanda genocide, May offers the first philosophical exploration of the crime of genocide in international criminal law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

May, Larry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: problems of genocide; Part I. The Nature of Value of Groups: 2. Nominalism and the constituents of social groups; 3. Identifying groups in genocide cases; Part II. The Harm of Genocide: 4. Harm to a group itself; 5. Harms to identity of a group's members; Part III. Elements of Genocide: 6. Destroying groups in whole or in part; 7. Collective and individual intent; 8. Motive and destruction of a group 'as such'; Part IV. Responsibility for Genocide: 9. Complicity and the Rwandan genocide; 10. Incitement to genocide and the Rwandan media case; 11. Instigating, planning, and intending genocide in Rwanda; Part V. Special Problems of Genocide: 12. Genocide and humanitarian intervention; 13. Reconciliation, criminal trials, and genocide.

Über Autor(innen)

May, Larry
Larry May is the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University and Strategic Research Professor of Social Justice at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. He is the author of nine books, most recently, Crimes Against Humanity: A Normative Account, War Crimes and Just War, and Aggression and Crimes Against Peace, which have won six awards in philosophy, law, and international relations.