law and genocide
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The law and genocide
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number364.151/0015
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]07141f
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Oxford, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Oxford University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2010
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp 123-141
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780199232116
NotesArticle from the book 'The Oxford companion to genocide studies' pp123-141
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Genocide is first and foremost, a legal concept. It is also used in other contexts and by other disciplines where its meaning may vary. But even in law it is imprecise to speak of a single, universally recognized meaning of genocide. Many historians and sociologists employ the word to describe a range of atrocities involving killing large numbers of people. The crime of genocide has been incorporated within the legal systems of many countries.The term was invented by a lawyer, Rapael Lemkin