Adjudication Deferred
Command Responsibility for War Crimes and US Military Justice from My Lai to Haditha and Beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11047345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William C Peters (SUNY Plattsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 925-952 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00905990903230835 |
| OpenAlex | W2058107749 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The public international law doctrine of command responsibility, like many firmly accepted rules in law, is more clearly stated than consistently applied. Intended to establish a base level of order and responsibility for sustained violence endemic to the inherently ugly nature of war, even state militaries of fully mature Western democracies demonstrate difficulty appreciating its importance and applying its law
Adjudication · Business · Doctrine · Economic Justice · International law · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · State (computer science · State responsibility · War crime · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Highly cited | No |
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