Law and Inhumanity
Dehumanization, Silent Claims and Atrocity Crimes

Law and Inhumanity explores philosophical questions underlying the discourse on atrocity crimes, dehumanization and the limits of international criminal justice.

Luigi Corrias (Author)

9781009418980, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 July 2025

152 pages
25.1 x 17.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.44 kg

In Law and Inhumanity, Luigi Corrias explores fundamental philosophical issues underlying the law and politics of atrocity crimes within international criminal justice. Focusing on understanding the experiences of victims and perpetrators, Corrias draws on numerous disciplines to construct his conceptual framework while also using several case studies to examine important issues including references to 'humanity' in the discourse on atrocity crimes; the need for a first-person plural perspective of a 'We' within international criminal justice; the experiences of dehumanization of both victims and perpetrators; the temporalities of suffering and justice; and the tension between individual criminal responsibility and structural violence.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Atrocity crimes, the community of humanity, and the experience of inhumanity
2. 'We' and crimes against humanity
3. Crimes against humanity, dehumanization and rehumanization: the case of Duch
4. Estranged from the World: the experience of dehumanization and its normative implications
5. Law, time, and inhumanity: judging the imprescriptible
6. Silent claims and the limits of international criminal law
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Criminal law & procedure [LNF]