Philippe Sands: 6 books
East West Street
On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
A profound and profoundly important book—a moving personal detective story, an uncovering of secret pasts, and a book that explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler’s Third Reich.
East West...
Torture Team
Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
On December 2, 2002 the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, signed his name at the bottom of a document that listed eighteen techniques of interrogation--techniques that defied international definitions of torture. The Rumsfeld Memo authorized the controversial interrogation practices that...
by Jozef Wittlin, Philippe Sands
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals. My Lwow, Jozef Wittlin's...
by Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
This new and fully updated edition of Principles of International Environmental Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of one of the fastest growing areas of international law: the principles and rules relating to environmental protection. Introducing the reader to the key foundational principles,...
by Professor Philippe Sands, Professor Jacqueline Peel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
The third edition of this classic textbook offers comprehensive and critical commentary on international environmental law. It fully covers the key topics of the course and is clearly structured to include the history and framework in which international environmental law exists, key areas of regulation...
Calle Este-Oeste
Sobre los orígenes de "genocidio" y "crímenes contra la humanidad"
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 20, 2017
En las páginas de este libro excepcional se entretejen dos hilos: por un lado, el rescate de la historia del abuelo materno del autor a partir de un viaje de este para dar una conferencia en la ciudad de Lviv, que fue polaca y actualmente forma parte de Ucrania. Por el otro, la peripecia de dos abogados...