"Crimes against peace" and international law
The Nuremberg Judgment on the leaders of Nazi Germany proclaimed ‘crimes against peace’ – the planning and waging of aggressive wars – to be ‘the supreme international crime’. This charge was premised on two innovative ideas: that aggressive war was a crime, and that individuals could be held respo...
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University of Aberdeen
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.521265 |