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11: Being Economical with Amnesty
written by Mark Osiel, fl. 2004; in Making Sense of Mass Atrocity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 218-240
Responsibility for mass atrocity is always shared, yet criminal law prefers to blame particular individuals for isolated acts. Is such law, therefore, constitutionally unable to make any sense of the most catastrophic conflagrations of our time? Drawing on the experience of several prosecutions, this book, trencha...
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written by Mark Osiel, fl. 2004; in Making Sense of Mass Atrocity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 218-240
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Responsibility for mass atrocity is always shared, yet criminal law prefers to blame particular individuals for isolated acts. Is such law, therefore, constitutionally unable to make any sense of the most catastrophic conflagrations of our time? Drawing on the experience of several prosecutions, this book, trenchantly diagnoses the law's limits.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Mark Osiel, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, War crimes tribunals, Atrocities, Extradition, International justice, Amnesty, Chile, Coup d'Etat, September 11, 1973, Augusto Pinochet's Dictatorship, Chile, 1973-1990, History, Law, Origins, Transitional Justice, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Mark J. Osiel 2009
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