| Description |
298 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents -- Editors' Note -- Ramsey Clark, -- Impunity for Power Is the Law of the Jungle -- Part I: From Hiroshima To Guantanamo -- Tadatoshi Akiba, -- Towards the Abolition of Nuclear Arms: A Universal Action -- Samir Amin, -- The Geostrategy of Contemporary Imperialism -- Abraham Behar, -- The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Through International Law, -- the American Blockage, the Failure of the NPT -- Rudolf El Kareh, -- American Policy in the Middle East and Arab World: Force, -- Impunity, Law -- Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, -- Impunity and Massive Violations of Humanitarian Law -- in Vietnam -- Mirqueya Matǒ Perez, -- Impunity and the US Intervention in Latin America -- and particularly in the Dominican Republic. -- Dr Les Roberts, -- Mortality After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq -- Geneviv̈e Sevrin, -- Guantanamo, a Model of Illegality -- William Blum, -- Freeing the World to Death: How the United States -- Gets Away With It -- Pascal Boniface, -- The Strategy of the "Clash of Civilizations" -- Michael Parenti, -- Rulers of the Planet -- Part Ii: Humanitarian Law: Legal And Moral Values To Defend -- Daniel Iagolnitzer -- International Law Relative to War and the United States: -- A General Survey -- Robert Charvin, -- The Co-optation of Humanitarianism and Its -- Legal Consequences -- Barbara Delcourt, -- International Humanitarian Law and the Ordeal of Neo- -- Conservative Ideology -- 6 -- Stephane Hessel, -- The Reform of the United Nations and International Humanitarian -- Law -- Jan Myrdal, -- The Necessity of Defending the Rule of Law! -- Antoine Bernard, -- What Is at Stake in the New System of International Criminal -- Justice -- Nuri Albala, -- Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Against Humanity: A Principle -- Unacceptable to the Most Powerful -- Part Iii: In Pursuit Of An End To Impunity -- Roland Weyl, -- No Judicial Progress Is Beyond the Power of the Peoples -- Karen Parker, -- Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Terrorism: -- A Preliminary Draft Framework, UN Commission on -- Human Rights -- Amy Bartholomew, -- "Strategies of the Weak": Contesting Empire's Law through -- Litigation under International Humanitarian Law -- Philip Grant, -- Law Versus the National Interest: The Role of NGOs -- Jean Bricmont, -- Right of Intervention or International Law -- Pedro Garca̕-Bilbao, -- The Right of Interference and National Sovereignty in the -- Context of Imperial Impunity -- Vincent Rivasseau, -- Towards an International Agency for the Evaluation of the -- Sufferings Caused by War -- Nils Andersson, -- International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism: the Need -- to Distinguish Between Combatants and Murderers -- Daniel Iagolnitzer, -- How to Tackle Impunity: Some Remarks -- Contributors -- Index -- International Justice and Impunity: The Case of the United States |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Humanitarian intervention -- Congresses.
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Government liability -- Congresses.
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Constitutional torts -- United States -- Congresses.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Andersson, Nils, 1933-
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Iagolnitzer, Daniel.
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Collier, Diana G.
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| LC no. |
2008007664 |
| ISBN |
0932863574 |
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