Law, War and Crime: War Crimes Trials and the Reinvention of International Law

by Gerry J. Simpson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $23.32

  Law, War and Crime examines the meaning of war crime trials and their cultural and political effects. Gerry Simpson traces the development the origins of the war crimes field from the outlawing of piracy to contemporary war crimes trials, and situates the phenomenon in the context of broader social and political forces.