Israel and Iraq
A Double Standard in the Application of International Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9202286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman G Finkelstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 25 |
| Publication date | 1991-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-043-03-1991-07_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2020408076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
On August 25, 1990, the New York Times ran as its lead editorial a comprehensive indictment of Iraq entitled "The World v. Saddam Hussein." It argued that the Iraqi leader was becoming a war criminal in the "classic Nuremberg sense." Indeed, the editors suggested that Hussein was in a class of war criminals virtually all his own, having violated "most of the Nuremberg Principles" with his "crimes against peace," "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity."This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Crimes against humanity · Criminal court · Criminology · Humanity · Indictment · International law · Law of war · Nuremberg trials · Political science · Sociology · War crime · History · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 1996 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |