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OverviewA gripping behind-the-scenes account of the dramatic legal fight to hold leaders personally responsible for aggressive war On July 17, 2018, starting an unjust war became a prosecutable international crime alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Instead of collective state responsibility, our leaders are now personally subje Full Product DetailsAuthor: Noah WeisbordPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 31 ISBN: 9780691169873ISBN 10: 069116987 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 11 June 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsWeisbord provides a remarkably accessible account of the effort to impose individual criminal liability for the waging of wars of aggression. This rich, multilayered book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the crime of aggression and the history of international law more broadly. --Payam Akhavan, professor of international law at McGill University and former United Nations prosecutor at the Hague This engrossing book puts a human face on the crime of aggression. --David Scheffer, author of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals How much suffering must we endure before learning that law is better than war? Giving an insider's account of the long struggle to make aggression a crime, Noah Weisbord traces politicized negotiations across decades even as nations acquired nuclear bombs and pushed aggression into cyberspace, biological weapons, and drones. Today, groups smaller than states can wreak devastating violence around the world, but Weisbord holds out hope that law can reframe politics and aggression. --Martha Minow, Harvard Law School A highly informative, beautifully written, compelling account of what the activation of the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression means in a world of evolving technologies and new paradigms of war making. Weisbord's vivid contextualization of critical issues based on detailed real-life case studies is both riveting and insightful. --Donald M. Ferencz, visiting professor, Middlesex University School of Law, and research associate, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford A book of singular importance, intelligence, and insight, on a subject of enduring significance. --Philippe Sands, author of East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity With the rules-based global order under siege, The Crime of Aggression is a timely and valuable reminder of the powerful potential of international law. Weisbord's realistic but optimistic grasp of world politics offers a better way to deal with the worst of the worst, even as he argues for us all to fashion strong institutions for a more just world. --Guy Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs A delight to read. This remarkable book provides a breathtaking account of the fight for the rule of law in international affairs. Noah Weisbord is an idealistic realist, a sharp legal mind with an acute sense of history. --Peter Leuprecht, author of Reason, Justice, and Dignity: A Journey to Some Unexplored Sources of Human Rights A highly informative, beautifully written, compelling account of what the activation of the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression means in a world of evolving technologies and new paradigms of war making. Weisbord's vivid contextualization of critical issues based on detailed real-life case studies is both riveting and insightful. --Donald M. Ferencz, Middlesex University School of Law and University of Oxford Noah Weisbord brings us an essential eyewitness account of the drama surrounding the crafting of the law against crimes of aggression. Drawing on his own experiences as a participant in those historic proceedings, he describes how advocates of the rule of law struggled to universalize the Nuremberg principle of holding political leaders--not nations and citizens--accountable for unjust wars. --Harold Crooks, award-winning screenwriter of Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space Weisbord provides a remarkably accessible account of the effort to impose individual criminal liability for the waging of wars of aggression. This rich, multilayered book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the crime of aggression and the history of international law more broadly. --Payam Akhavan, author of In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey This engrossing book puts a human face on the crime of aggression. --David Scheffer, author of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals How much suffering must we endure before learning that law is better than war? Giving an insider's account of the long struggle to make aggression a crime, Noah Weisbord traces politicized negotiations across decades even as nations acquired nuclear bombs and pushed aggression into cyberspace, biological weapons, and drones. Today, groups smaller than states can wreak devastating violence around the world, but Weisbord holds out hope that law can reframe politics and aggression. --Martha Minow, Harvard Law School A book of singular importance, intelligence, and insight, on a subject of enduring significance. --Philippe Sands, author of East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity This engrossing book puts a human face on the crime of aggression. --David Scheffer, author of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals A delight to read. This remarkable book provides a breathtaking account of the fight for the rule of law in international affairs. Noah Weisbord is an idealistic realist, a sharp legal mind with an acute sense of history. --Peter Leuprecht, author of Reason, Justice, and Dignity: A Journey to Some Unexplored Sources of Human Rights Noah Weisbord brings us an essential eyewitness account of the drama surrounding the crafting of the law against crimes of aggression. Drawing on his own experiences as a participant in those historic proceedings, he describes how advocates of the rule of law struggled to universalize the Nuremberg principle of holding political leaders--not nations and citizens--accountable for unjust wars. --Harold Crooks, award-winning screenwriter of Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space A book of singular importance, intelligence, and insight, on a subject of enduring significance. --Philippe Sands, author of East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity How much suffering must we endure before learning that law is better than war? Giving an insider's account of the long struggle to make aggression a crime, Noah Weisbord traces politicized negotiations across decades even as nations acquired nuclear bombs and pushed aggression into cyberspace, biological weapons, and drones. Today, groups smaller than states can wreak devastating violence around the world, but Weisbord holds out hope that law can reframe politics and aggression. --Martha Minow, Harvard Law School With the rules-based global order under siege, The Crime of Aggression is a timely and valuable reminder of the powerful potential of international law. Weisbord's realistic but optimistic grasp of world politics offers a better way to deal with the worst of the worst, even as he argues for us all to fashion strong institutions for a more just world. --Guy Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs A highly informative, beautifully written, compelling account of what the activation of the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression means in a world of evolving technologies and new paradigms of war making. Weisbord's vivid contextualization of critical issues based on detailed real-life case studies is both riveting and insightful. --Donald M. Ferencz, Middlesex University School of Law and University of Oxford Weisbord provides a remarkably accessible account of the effort to impose individual criminal liability for the waging of wars of aggression. This rich, multilayered book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the crime of aggression and the history of international law more broadly. --Payam Akhavan, author of In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey Author InformationNoah Weisbord is associate professor of law at Queen’s University in Canada and served on the International Criminal Court’s working group that drafted the crime of aggression. He lives in Kingston, Ontario. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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