American Immunity: War Crimes and the Limits of International Law
(Part of the Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond Series)
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In 1955 the Supreme Court ruled that veterans of the U.S. armed forces could not be court-martialed for overseas crimes that were not detected until after they had left military service. Territorial limitations placed such acts beyond the jurisdiction of civilian courts, and there was no other American court in which they could be adjudicated. As a result, a jurisdictional gap emerged that for decades exempted former troops from prosecution for war...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1625340478
ISBN13:9781625340474
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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