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East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Philippe Sands

Where did the legal ideas of genocide and crimes against humanity come from, traced through the two lawyers who shaped them and the author's own family?

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Author
Philippe Sands

Why read it

  • You will learn who gave the world the term crimes against humanity, and what it was meant to protect
  • You will see how the idea that law should protect the individual, and not only the state, took hold
  • You will understand how one person's persistence can turn an idea into a treaty

Who it is for

  • Law students and lawyers interested in human rights
  • Readers of Holocaust history who want the legal story
  • Anyone tracing a family history through a war

Contents

  1. Note to the Reader
  2. Principal Characters
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. An Invitation
  5. PART I
  6. PART II
  7. PART III
  8. PART IV
  9. PART V
  10. PART VI
  11. PART VII
  12. PART VIII
  13. PART IX
  14. PART X
  15. EPILOGUE

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