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020			_a9781139236980 (ebook)
020			_z9781107028845 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aKZ7140 _b.S45 2013
100	1		_aSellars, Kirsten, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_a'Crimes against Peace' and International Law / _cKirsten Sellars.
246	3		_a'Crimes against Peace' & International Law
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (340 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law ; _v97
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 May 2017).
520			_aIn 1946, the judges at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg declared 'crimes against peace' - the planning, initiation or waging of aggressive wars - to be 'the supreme international crime'. At the time, the prosecuting powers heralded the charge as being a legal milestone, but it later proved to be an anomaly arising from the unique circumstances of the post-war period. This study traces the idea of criminalising aggression, from its origins after the First World War, through its high-water mark at the post-war tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo, to its abandonment during the Cold War. Today, a similar charge - the 'crime of aggression' - is being mooted at the International Criminal Court, so the ideas and debates that shaped the original charge of 'crimes against peace' assume new significance and offer valuable insights to lawyers, policy-makers and scholars engaged in international law and international relations.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107028845
856	4	0	_zOnline access link to the resource _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236980
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