The responsibility of states for international crimes /

The concept of state responsibility for international crimes was supported in the 1920s, but was pushed into the background by the development of the principle of individual criminal responsibility under international law after World War 2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jørgensen, Nina H. B.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:	Oxford monographs in international law.
Subjects:	International crimes. Government liability (International law) Droit international pénal. État > Responsabilité (Droit international) Responsabilité de l'Etat. Crimes contre l'humanité. Droit pénal international. International crimes Coopération internationale. État > Responsabilité. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

pt. I. Historical Introduction to the Concept of State Criminality
1. International Criminal Responsibility in the Two World Wars
2. Efforts to Codify and Develop the Law Relating to International Criminal Responsibility
pt. II. Juridical Status of the Concept of State Criminality
3. The Concept of Criminal Organizations
4. The Criminal Responsibility of Corporations
pt. III. Candidate Criteria and Indicia for Identifying State Crimes
5. Jus Cogens
6. Obligations Erga Omnes
7. International Community Recognition
8. The Seriousness Test
9. The Conscience of Mankind
10. Elementary Considerations of Humanity
11. Peace and Security
12. Individual Criminal Responsibility under International Law
pt. IV. Practical Feasibility of the Concept of State Criminality
13. The Problems and Modalities of Punishing a State
14. Punitive Damages in International Law
15. The Institutional Framework and Procedures for Imposing Criminal Responsibility on States
pt. V. Status of the Concept of State Criminality in Contemporary International Law
16. State Practice since the Second World War
17. State Criminality and the Significance of the 1948 Genocide Convention
App. 1. Text of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
App. 2. Draft Articles on State Responsibility; Articles 15 to 19 on the Substantive and Instrumental Consequences of International Crimes Formulated by Mr Arangio-Ruiz, Special Rapporteur, in 1995
App. 3. State Responsibility: Draft Articles Provisionally Adopted by the Drafting Committee of the International Law Commission on Second Reading.