Dealing with Wars and Dictatorships Legal Concepts and Categories in Action /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Israël, Liora (Editor), Mouralis, Guillaume (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; History.; Political science.; Human rights.; International humanitarian law.; Sociology.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Human Rights.; Political Science.; Sociology, general.; History, general.

The 20th century saw an unprecedented number of major wars, conflicts, and massive human rights violations. From each emerged the desire to make sense of the recent past (and present) by imagining new ways of dealing with such events. In order to prevent new forms of violence, or to punish the perso...