State policy as an element of international crimes
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Schabas, W. 2008. State policy as an element of international crimes. Journal of criminal law and criminology. 98 (3), pp. 953-982.
Type | Article |
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Title | State policy as an element of international crimes |
Authors | Schabas, W. |
Abstract | Recent case law of the international criminal tribunals has tended to focus on the individual mental element of offenders, and dismissed any relevance for State policy as a component of the analysis. It is posited that an individual deviant, acting alone, can commit genocide or crimes against humanity, to the extent that he or she aspires to destroy an ethnic group or to persecute civilians in a widespread or systematic manner. This has led to a distortion in the law, partially explained by a focus on low-level perpetrators in early trials of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, but also by mistaken analysis of previous authority. This Article argues for revival of state policy as an element of such crimes. |
Research Group | Law and Politics |
Publisher | Northwestern University, School of Law |
Journal | Journal of criminal law and criminology |
ISSN | 0091-4169 |
Publication dates | |
2008 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 Apr 2011 |
Output status | Published |
Web address (URL) | http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol98/iss3/6 |
Language | English |
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