The humanity of universal crime : inclusion, inequality, and intervention in international political thought

The humanity of universal crime : inclusion, inequality, and intervention in international political thought / Sinja Graf.

""Crimes against humanity" has become integral to contemporary political and legal discourse. The conceptual core of the term - an act offending against all of mankind -, however, runs deep in the history in international political thought. In an original excavation of this history, T...

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Main Author: Graf, Sinja (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Crimes against humanity > Law and legislation.
Crimes against humanity.
International crimes > Law and legislation.
International crimes.
Crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity > Law and legislation
International crimes
International crimes > Law and legislation
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "To regain some kind of human equality" : theorizing the political productivity of 'crimes against humanity'
  • From humanity to sovereignty : universal crime and sovereign foundings in John Locke's Second Treatise of Government
  • 'The conscience of the civilized world' : nineteenth century international law and the decline of notions of universal crime
  • Cosmopolitanism and crimes against humanity : "global policing" and the legitimacy of political violence in the late twentieth century
  • Conclusion.

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