TITLE: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR COLLECTIVE WRONGDOING
PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/FCfz77 RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.23
ISBN: 9780521176118 STORE DATE: 2011
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AUTHOR: RICHARD VERNON, TRACY ISAACS

BOOK

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