Publication

2012 - M. Nijhoff Pub., Leiden, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

72,500 words, Guess

Page Count

290 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004153288
  • ISBN-139789004221314
  • ISBN-109004153284
  • ISBN-10900422131X
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012015174
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number789661605
  • Better World Books9789004221314
  • Better World Books9789004153288
  • Open LibraryOL25299585M

Classifications

  • DDC345/.0251
  • LCCKZ7180.A61948 G46 2012
  • LCCKZ7180.A61948G46

Description

"Genocide is widely acknowledged as 'the crime of crimes.' Such universal condemnation understandably triggers both loose talk (calling each and every massacre 'genocide') and utter reluctance in political circles to use the 'G-word'. The social construction of genocide reflects the deeper question whether the rigid legal concept of genocide - as it emerges in the Genocide Convention and has been maintained ever since - still corresponds with the historical and social perception of the phenomenon. This book is the product of an intellectual encounter between scholars of historical and legal disciplines which have joined forces to address this question. The authors are strongly inspired by the idea that the multi-disciplinary research of and education on genocide may contribute to a more appropriate reaction and prevention of genocide"--P. [4] of cover.

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