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Genocide Law: An Education in Sentimentalism

Alexander Zahar, Göran Sluiter

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The chapter argues that the subject of genocide law has been emotionally and politically charged at the United Nations' international criminal tribunals, with the result that the law on genocide developed there rests on weak foundations and is internally inconsistent.

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The chapter argues that the subject of genocide law has been emotionally and politically charged at the United Nations' international criminal tribunals, with the result that the law on genocide developed there rests on weak foundations and is internally inconsistent.

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The chapter argues that the subject of genocide law has been emotionally and politically charged at the United Nations' international criminal tribunals, with the result that the law on genocide developed there rests on weak foundations and is internally inconsistent.

Key concepts: Genocide, Political science, Subject (documents), Law, Criminal law, International law, Criminology, Sociology

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