An edition of American immunity (2013)

American immunity

war crimes and the limits of international law

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American immunity
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An edition of American immunity (2013)

American immunity

war crimes and the limits of international law

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In 2000 Congress attempted to close the jurisdictional gap with passage of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. The effectiveness of that legislation is still in question, however, since it remains unclear how willing civilian American juries will be to convict veterans for conduct in foreign war zones."--pub. desc.

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University of Massachusetts Press
Language
English
Pages
244

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Subjects

War crimes, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968, Retired military personnel, Military privileges and immunities, Veterans, Atrocities, Legal status, laws, History, Veterans, legal status, laws, etc., Vietnam war, 1961-1975, atrocities

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American Immunity: War Crimes and the Limits of International Law
2014, University of Massachusetts Press
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Cover of: American immunity
American immunity: war crimes and the limits of international law
2013, University of Massachusetts Press
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Table of Contents

"A very simple provision" : the uniform code of military justice and the jurisdictional gap
"Treaty law" and "murdering wives" : the widening of the jurisdictional gap
"A very undesirable situation" : Sam Ervin and the constitutional rights subcommittee
"Uncharted legal waters" : the My Lai Massacre and the Jordan memorandum
A "tragedy of major proportions" : the peers inquiry and the house subcommittee report
"Inexcusable and terrible" : the Calley Conviction and the abandonment of the effort to try the My Lai veterans
"Why can't we just shoot them all?" : MEJA and the first prosecutions in federal district courts
Conclusion. "The one significant holdout."

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-244) and index.

Series
Culture, politics, and the cold war, Culture, politics, and the cold war
Copyright Date
2013

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
341.6/90973
Library of Congress
KF7745 .H34 2013, KF7745.H34 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 244 pages
Number of pages
244

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26921182M
ISBN 10
162534046X, 1625340478
ISBN 13
9781625340467, 9781625340474
LCCN
2013035123
OCLC/WorldCat
844729412

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