The birth of the new justice : the internationalization of crime and punishment, 1919-1950 / Mark Lewis.

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'The Birth of the New Justice' is a history of the attempts to instate ad hoc and permanent international criminal courts and new international criminal laws from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Cold War. The purpose of these courts was to repress aggressive war, war crimes, terrorism, and genocide.

""Cover""; ""The Birth of the New Justice: The Internationalization of Crime and Punishment, 1919�1950""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Footnote Key""; ""Introduction""; ""1: Nineteenth Century Precursors of an International Criminal Legal System""; ""2: The Birth of the New Justice at the Paris Peace Conference""; ""THE ALLIES� REASONS FOR POST-WAR INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTIONS""; ""THE COMMISSION ON RESPONSIBILITIES: THE EUROPEAN�U.S. DIVISION""; ""TRIALS IN THE POLITICIANS� HANDS""

""THE BALKAN VICTORS: INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IN THE SERVICE OF NATIONAL GOALS""""THE POLITICAL REJECTION OF THE VERSAILLES PENALTY CAUSES""; ""THE PROBLEMS OF THE “NEW JUSTICE�""; ""3: Crimes against Humanity and Crimes of Denationalization: The Victory of Political Expediency Over Justice""; ""4: Blueprints for International Criminal Courts and Their Political Rejection in the 1920s""; ""THE NEGOTIATIONS TO CREATE THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE""; ""DESCAMPS� PLAN: AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO PROTECT PUBLIC ORDER""

""RECONCILIATION WITHOUT PUNISHMENT? THE PLAN FOR A NEUTRAL RED CROSS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OF WAR, 1921""""RECTIFYING THE COUNCIL OF FOUR�S MISTAKE: THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION�S PLAN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR WAR CRIMES""; ""ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE DROIT P�NAL AND THE RISE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW""; ""PELLA�S SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF AGGRESSIVE WAR""; ""THE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL DE DROIT P�NAL�S PLAN: INTEGRATION WITH STATE SOVEREIGNTY""; ""ATTEMPTS TO GAIN POLITICAL TRACTION""

""THE UNIFICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW CODES: A SECOND STRATEGY""""THE MOVEMENT NARROWS ITS SCOPE TO COUNTERFEITING""; ""THE POSITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW MOVEMENT AT THE END OF THE DECADE""; ""5: International Terrorism in the 1920s and �30s: The Response of European States through the League of Nations and the Attempt to Create an International Criminal Court""; ""A COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN TERRORISM AND STATE RESPONSES BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR ONE""; ""THE MARSEILLE CATALYST""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JURISTS""

""THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REPRESSION OF TERRORISM""""THE WEAKNESSES IN THE FINAL PRODUCT""; ""THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE""; ""SUPPORT FOR THE CONVENTIONS""; ""WHY THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED""; ""HISTORICAL ANALYSIS""; ""6: The Search for a Victim-Centered New Justice, 1942�1946: The World Jewish Congress and the Institute of Jewish Affairs""; ""FROM MINORITY RIGHTS TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION""; ""DIVERGENT LEGAL VIEWS""; ""DIVERGENT DIPLOMATIC STRATEGIES""; ""THE OFFICIAL WAR CRIMES POLICY: A VICTIMCENTERED NEW JUSTICE""

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