Atrocity speech law : foundation, fragmentation, fruition /
Gregory S. Gordon ; foreword by Benjamin B. Ferencz.
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- xxviii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Speech and atrocity : an historical sketch -- International human rights law and domestic law -- The birth of atrocity speech law Part 1 : Nuremberg and the foundational statutes -- The birth of atrocity speech law Part 2 : the foundational ad hoc tribunal cases and offense elements -- Problems regarding the crime of direct and public incitement to commit genocide -- Problems regarding persecution, instigation, and ordering -- The liability gap in reference to hate speech and war crimes -- Fixing incitement to commit genocide -- Fixing persecution, instigation, and ordering -- Adopting incitement to commit war crimes -- Restructuring : a unified liability theory for atrocity speech law -- Conclusion.
9780190612689 (hardback : alk. paper)
Hate speech--Law and legislation. Atrocities--Law and legislation. Hate crimes--Law and legislation. War crimes. Genocide (International law). International law and human rights.