Defining the Crime of Aggression.(Book review)

From: American Journal of International Law | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Ferencz, Benjamin B. | Copyright information

Defining the Crime of Aggression. By Oscar Solera. London: Cameron May, 2007. Pp. 529. $170, 85 [pounds sterling].

On June 6, 1945, Justice Robert Jackson of the U.S. Supreme Court reported to President Harry Truman that international law had evolved to a point where aggressive war making could be punished as an international crime. The Charter for the Nuremberg trials, drawn up by the four victorious allies on August 8, 1945, stipulated inter alia that those who planned...

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