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Aggression and Crimes Against Peace

By Larry May

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
052189431X, 9780521894319
LCC
KZ6355 .M39 2008
Open Library ID
OL19864412M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1683006 bytes)
Series
Philosophical and Legal Aspects of War and Conflict
Edition
1
Pages
366\368
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

In this volume, the third in his trilogy on the philosophical and legal aspects of war and conflict, Larry May locates a normative grounding for the crime of aggression-the only one of the three crimes charged at Nuremberg that is not currently being prosecuted-that is similar to that for crimes against humanity and war crimes. He considers cases from the Nuremberg trials, philosophical debates in the Just War tradition, and more recent debates about the International Criminal Court, as well as the hard cases of humanitarian intervention and terrorist aggression. May argues that crimes of aggression, sometimes called crimes against peace, deserve international prosecution when one State undermines the ability of another State to protect human rights. His thesis refutes the traditional understanding of aggression, which often has been interpreted as a crossing of borders by one sovereign state into another sovereign state. At Nuremberg, crimes against humanity charges were only pursued if the defendant also engaged in the crime of aggression. May argues for a reversal of this position, contending that aggression charges should be pursued only if the defendant's acts involve serious human rights violations.

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