Alexander Laban Hinton

Anthropological Witness

Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book asks whether scholars who serve as expert witnesses can effectively contribute to tribunals for international atrocity crimes, where the focus is on legal guilt as opposed to academic explanation"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 228mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9781501765698
• ISBN-10: 1501765698
• Artikelnr.: 64261063

Autorenporträt

Alexander Laban Hinton is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Global Affairs, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide, and Human Rights UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including It Can Happen Here; Man or Monster?; The Justice Facade; and Why Did They Kill? Find him on X @AlexLHinton.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Law, Anthropology, and Expert Witness
1. Truth, Politics, and the Accused
2. Anthropological Witness
3. The Genocidal Process
4. Lived Experience
5. Rupture
6. Denial
7. Judgment
Conclusion: The Public Scholar
Epilogue