Reducing genocide to law :

Akhavan, Payam.

Reducing genocide to law : definition, meaning, and the ultimate crime / Payam Akhavan. - Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xii, 191 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law . - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The power of a word -- The taxonomy of crimes -- The core elements of international crimes -- A hierarchy of international crimes? -- Naming the nameless crime -- Who owns "genocide"? -- Contesting "genocide" in jurisprudence -- Silence, empathy, and the potentialities of jurisprudence.

9781107480056


Genocide.
Genocide (International law)

364.151 / AKH.R