Accountability for collective wrongdoing

Accountability for collective wrongdoing

by Isaacs, Tracy Lynn Vernon, Richard

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"Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished - and if so, how - or are other remedies available? The topic crosses the borders of law, philosophy, and political science, and in this volume specialists …

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  • Full title :Accountability for collective wrongdoing / edited by Tracy Isaacs, Richard Vernon.

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"Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished - and if so, how - or are other remedies available? The topic crosses the borders of law, philosophy, and political science, and in this volume specialists in all three areas contribute their perspectives. They examine the limits of individual criminal liability in addressing atrocity, the meanings of punishment and responsibility, the distribution of group punishment to a group's members, and the means by which collective accountability can be expressed. In doing so, they reflect on the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, on the philosophical understanding of collective responsibility, and on the place of collective accountability in international political relations"--

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  • Publication Date:2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (ix, 310 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139011938, 1139011936, 9781139011402, 1139011405, 9781139011402, 9780511976780, 051197678X, 1107220645, 9781107220645, 1139012452, 9781139012454, 1283066289, 9781283066280, 9786613066282, 6613066281, 1139011677, 9781139011679, 1139011146, 9781139011143, 1139010875, 9781139010870
  • oclc:ocn707080396
  • LC Classification:K5301
  • Dewey Decimal:345/.04

Subjects

Brott mot mänskligheten Collective liability (International law) Crimes against humanity Crimes contre l'humanité Criminal liability (International law) État -- Responsabilité Government liability LAW -- Criminal Law Responsabilité pénale (Droit internatio…

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Isaacs, Tracy Lynn Vernon, Richard

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