Larry May examines the normative and conceptual problems concerning the crimeof 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 groupand 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 thefirst philosophical exploration of the crime of genocide in international criminal law. INDICE: 1. Introduction: problems of genocide; Part I. The Nature of Valueof 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.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-19465-5
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 06/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés