Cover; Prelims; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Introduction; Part 1. Crimes Against Humanity: From Nuremberg to Lyon ... And Back Again; 1. Trying Klaus Barbie: Setting a Precedent?; 2. Trying Paul Touvier and Maurice Papon: Twisting the Precedent; 3. A Problematic Legacy; Part 2. Punishing Genocide: Too Much To Ask?; 4. The Direct Applicability of the Genocide Convention under French Law; 5. The Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to the Crime of Genocide; 6. The Applicabiltiy of Retroactive Criminal Norms
7. The Contemporary Understanding of the Law of Genocide by the French Judiciary: Dualism in Disguise8. Concluding Observations; Part 3. Why Genocide?; 9. Responding to the Incorrect Ill-Qualification of Vichy France in the Touvier and Papon Cases; 10. Responding to the Equalisation of Victims in the Barbie Case; 11. Genocide: A Crime Against the Family?; 12. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book explores the ambiguities of the French law of genocide by exposing the inexplicable dichotomy between a progressive theory and a disinclined practice. Observing that the crime of genocide has remained absent from French courtrooms to the benefit of crimes against humanity, this research dissects the reasons for this absence
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131) and index
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