ABSTRACT
The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyzes the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility of genocide as a legal concept.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |20 pages
Outlawing Genocide
chapter |6 pages
A Crime Without a Name
chapter |6 pages
The Contours of Genocide
chapter |6 pages
Genocide in Crime Codes
part |40 pages
Calling to Account
chapter |4 pages
Prosecuting Under a Quasi-genocide Statute
chapter |11 pages
Prosecuting Without a Genocide Statute
chapter |12 pages
Prosecuting Under a True Genocide Statute
chapter |6 pages
Prosecuting in International Courts
chapter |5 pages
Suing in the World Court
part |27 pages
Genocide's Legal Environment
chapter |10 pages
Ex Post Facto Genocide
chapter |7 pages
Treaty Violation or Crime
chapter |5 pages
Genocide in Customary Law
chapter |3 pages
The UN Security Council and Genocide
part |49 pages
Genocidal Intent
chapter |4 pages
The Acts of Genocide
chapter |7 pages
Genocide by Killing
chapter |5 pages
Destroying a Group
chapter |5 pages
Instant Destruction
chapter |9 pages
Intent Without Intent
chapter |10 pages
The Motives for Genocide
chapter |7 pages
The Intent of Others
part |25 pages
The Victims of Genocide
chapter |7 pages
The Numbers Game
chapter |7 pages
Identifying a Group
chapter |4 pages
A Group in the Eye of the Beholder
chapter |5 pages
Genocide by Mistake
part |27 pages
The Scale of Genocide
chapter |7 pages
Retail Genocide
chapter |4 pages
Wholesale Genocide
chapter |6 pages
Local Genocide
chapter |5 pages
Targeting Important Persons
chapter |3 pages
Targeting Political Opponents
part |26 pages
Techniques of Genocide
chapter |5 pages
Ethnic Cleansing and Genocidal Intent
chapter |6 pages
Ethnic Cleansing in the Courts
chapter |3 pages
Human Habitat
chapter |6 pages
Aerial Genocide
chapter |4 pages
Nuclear Genocide
part |50 pages
Genocide by a State
chapter |5 pages
Opting Out
chapter |5 pages
The Convention's Curious Omission
chapter |7 pages
States as Criminals
chapter |6 pages
States as Perpetrators of Genocide
chapter |6 pages
Other Routes to Jurisdiction
chapter |7 pages
States as Intermeddlers
chapter |7 pages
A Legal Interest in Genocide
chapter |5 pages
Compensation for Victims
part |20 pages
Why Genocide?