The 'Contextual Elements' of the Crime of Genocide

• Main Author: Koursami, Nasour (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Criminal Justice Series, 17
• Subjects: International criminal law.; International humanitarian law.; Human rights.; Political Crimes.; War Crimes.; International Criminal Law .; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Human Rights.; State Crimes.

This book examines the position of 'contextual elements' as a constitutive element of the legal definition of the crime of genocide, and determines the extent to which an individual génocidaire is required to act within a particular genocidal context. Unlike other books in the field of th...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Nature and Difficulties of the Concept of 'Contextual' Elements
• Chapter 3. Contextual Elements in the Early Legal Concept of Genocide
• Chapter 4. Contextual Elements in Prevailing Case Law: Application of the Legal Definition of Genocide or An Interpretative Contortion
• Chapter 5. Towards a New Assessment? Contextual Elements in the Rome Statute
• Chapter 6. A Critique of the Contextual Elements
• Chapter 7. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Table of Cases
• Table of Legislation.