Aggression and crimes against peace / Larry May.
| Author/creator | May, Larry |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. |
| Description | x, 356 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Philosophical and legal aspects of war and conflict series Philosophical and legal aspects of war and conflict series. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Introduction : between the horrors and necessity of war -- Grotius and contingent pacifism -- International solidarity and the duty to aid -- The principle of priority or first strike -- The principle of just cause -- The principle of proportionality -- Custom and the Nuremberg "precedent" -- Prosecuting military and political leaders -- Prosecuting civilians for complicity : The Krupp -- Defining state aggression -- Act and circumstance in the crime of aggression -- Individual mens rea and collective liability -- Humanitarian interventions -- Terrorist aggression --Defending international criminal trials for aggression. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-350) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007037935 |
| ISBN | 9780521894319 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 052189431X (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780521719155 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521719151 (pbk.) |