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A Collective Theory of Genocidal Intent

A Collective Theory of Genocidal Intent

Hardcover

Series: International Criminal Justice, Book 7

General Law

ISBN10: 9462651221
ISBN13: 9789462651227
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 2 2016
Pages: 235
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Tackling one of the most confusing and controversial issues in the field of international criminal law -- i.e., the genocidal intent element, this monograph seeks to develop an account of genocidal intent from a collectivist perspective. Drawing upon the two-layered structure of the crime of genocide composed of the 'conduct level' and 'context level', it detects the genocidal intent element at the 'context level'. The genocidal intent found in this manner belongs to a collective, which significantly departs from the prior individualistic understandings of the notion of genocidal intent. The author argues that the crime of genocide is not a 'crime of mens rea'. Collective genocidal intent at the 'context level' operates in a way that renders the crime of genocide itself a criminal enterprise. The idea of genocide as a criminal enterprise also suggests that genocide is a leadership crime in respect of which only the high-level actors can be labeled as principals (as opposed to accessories).

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