Accountability for collective wrongdoing /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11827063 |
| Summary: | Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished and if so, how or are other remedies available? The topic crosses the borders of law, philosophy, and political science, and in this volume specialists in all three areas contribute their perspectives. They examine the limits of individual criminal liability in addressing atrocity, the meanings of punishment and responsibility, the distribution of group punishment to a group's members, and the means by which collective accountability can be expressed. In doing so, they reflect on the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, on the philosophical understanding of collective responsibility, and on the place of collective accountability in international political relations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139011938 1139011936 9781139011402 1139011405 9780511976780 051197678X 1107220645 9781107220645 1139012452 9781139012454 1283066289 9781283066280 9786613066282 6613066281 1139011677 9781139011679 1139011146 9781139011143 1139010875 9781139010870 9781107002890 1107002893 9780521176118 0521176115 |