Humanity Across International Law and Biolaw

Herausgeber: Beers, Britta van; Werner, Wouter G.; Corrias, Luigi

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of how the concept of humanity is mobilized to make legal arguments in different areas of law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 629g
• ISBN-13: 9781107048188
• ISBN-10: 1107048184
• Artikelnr.: 40003017

Inhaltsangabe

1. Probing the boundaries of humanity Britta van Beers, Luigi Corrias and
Wouter Werner; Part I. Crimes against Humanity: 2. Crimes against humanity:
a category hors concours in (international) criminal law? Harmen van der
Wilt; 3. Humanity's exemplary justice: from Hostis to Hostia Humani Generis
Edwin Bikundo; 4. The inhuman stain: representing humanity in international
criminal law Luigi Corrias; 5. Crimes against humanity, simple crime, and
human dignity Roger Brownsword; 6. Crimes against the human species ('Type
II crimes against humanity explained') George Annas; Part II. Human Rights
and Human Dignity: 7. Human remains in French law: the snare of
personification Florence Bellivier; 8. Not in our name! Losing humanity in
current human rights discourse Wouter Veraart; 9. Deciding what is humane:
towards a critical reading of humanity as a normative standard in
international law Rene Urueña; 10. The promise of human dignity, and some
of its juridical consequences, especially for medical criminal law Jan C.
Joerden; Part III. The Commons of Mankind: 11. The concept of humanity and
biogenetics Bartha M. Knoppers and Vural Özdemir; 12. Interdependencies,
conceptualizations of humanity and regulatory regimes Ellen Hey; 13. The
protection of human dignity in research involving human body material
Kristof Van Assche and Sigrid Sterckx; 14. The many faces of humanity: some
concluding remarks Britta van Beers, Luigi Corrias and Wouter Werner.