Purging the odious scourge of atrocities : the limits of consent in international law / Bruce Cronin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cronin, Bruce, 1957- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State-sponsored terrorism--Law and legislation.

State-sponsored terrorism.

Torture (International law).

Responsibility to protect (International law).

Minorities--Crimes against.

Minorities.

Political atrocities.

Political violence.

International law and human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities' explains the growth of a small body of human rights law that is binding on all states regardless of whether they have accepted it by signing treaties or whether it is consistent with widespread state practice. This challenges the doctrine of consent, which has been the foundation of international law for the past several centuries. The book argues that qualitative changes in the form of global governance are leading to an expansion in the underpinnings of international law and its role in contemporary world politics.

Contents:

Cover

Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities

Copyright

Contents

1. Introduction: The Limits of Consent in International Law

2. A Theory of Consensus-​Based International Law

3. The Universal Ban on Extreme Internal State Violence

4. The Violent Persecution of Minorities

5. Torture

6. Civilian Immunity in Domestic Armed Conflicts

7. International Consensus and the Future of International Law

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Cronin, Bruce Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities

ISBN:

0-19-769333-4

0-19-769331-8

0-19-769332-6