Sellars, Kirsten, <br/><br/>
"Crimes against peace" and international law / 
Kirsten Sellars. 
 - xv, 316 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law .
 - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-305) and index. 
<br/><br/>The emergence of the concept of aggression -- The quest for control -- The creation of a crime -- Innovation and orthodoxy at Nuremberg -- The Allies and an ad hoc charge -- The elimination of militarism -- Questions of self-defence -- Divisions on the bench at Tokyo -- The uncertain legacy of'crimes against peace' -- Postscript. 
<br/><br/> 'In 1946, the judges at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg declared'crimes against peace' - the planning, initiation or waging of aggressive wars - to be'the supreme international crime'. At the time, the prosecuting powers heralded the charge as being a legal milestone, but it later proved to be an anomaly arising from the unique circumstances of the post-war period. This study traces the idea of criminalising aggression, from its origins after the First World War, through its high-water mark at the post-war tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo, to its abandonment during the Cold War. Today, a similar charge - the'crime of aggression' - is being mooted at the International Criminal Court, so the ideas and debates that shaped the original charge of'crimes against peace' assume new significance and offer valuable insights to lawyers, policy-makers and scholars engaged in international law and international relations'-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107028845  RM483.94 1107028841 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crimes against peace--History.<br/>Aggression (International law)--History.<br/>International criminal law--History.