During the Khmer Rouge's brutal reign in Cambodia during the mid-to-late 1970s, a former math teacher named Duch served as the commandant of the S-21 security center, where as many as 20,000 victims were interrogated, tortured, and executed. In 2009 Duch stood trial for these cr…
The modern use of international tribunals to try heads of state for genocide and crimes against humanity is often considered a positive development. Many people think that the establishment of special courts to prosecute notorious dictators represents a triumph of law over impun…
The modern use of international tribunals to try heads of state for genocide and crimes against humanity is often considered a positive development. Many people think that the establishment of special courts to prosecute notorious dictators represents a triumph of law over impun…
Forfatteren beskriver politiske retssager mod statsoverhoveder gennem historien og karakteriserer dem som krig med andre midler
"This is a formidable and well-documented counterblast to a developing modern orthodoxy, expressing a point of view that many readers will not even have suspected existed, let alone read."--Anthony Daniels, Spectator "A useful and controversial contribution to the debate about v…
The hidden histories of war crimes trials
Provides a detailed analysis of a selection of under-explored domestic and international war crimes trials; Offers a global perspective, with analysis of war crimes trials that have taken place across European, African, and Australiasian countries, including the Franco-Siamese M…