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| Posted: 19 Nov 2013 11:35 AM PST Kirsten Sellers, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, is publishing German Aggression and the Stillbirth of International Criminal Law at the Paris Peace Conference in The Crime of Aggression--A Commentary (Claus Kress and Stefan Barriga eds.; Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2015). Here is the abstract. At the end of the First World War, David Lloyd George, campaigning on behalf of his coalition government, declared: 'The Kaiser must be prosecuted. The war was a crime. Who doubts that?' This was a radical departure from the traditional approach to war, containing within it two innovative ideas: that embarking upon an aggressive war was a crime, and that a head of state could be held personally responsible for it. This would soon become an important theme in discussions between the entente nations at the Paris Peace Conference about the viability of trying Wilhelm II for war-related crimes. Now, nearly a century later, with the idea of charging leaders for the 'crime of aggression' on the International Criminal Court's agenda, the issues first raised by Lloyd George and others continue to resonate.The full text is not available from SSRN. |
Posted: 19 Nov 2013 08:36 AM PST
Dana D. Dyson and John R. Arnold, and Sasha Drummond-Lewis, University of Michigan, Flint, have published Lights, Camera, Action: Repressive Policies and Minority Images in Media. Here is the abstract.
This ethnography specifically looks at images depicted in media of minorities, using the 1971 Kerner Commission, which charged media to create a more balanced picture of minorities with more realistic and positive representations. Positive images can challenge notions of inferiority and systems of inequality. This research is an overview of stereotypical images of minorities permeating news media today, reflecting how far we have come in eliminating ignorance and discomforting messages. We are especially interested in reviewing the effects of minority images on recently developed and implemented policing policies, such as Stop and Frisk and Stand Your Ground. The improper portrayal of African-Americans in the media may contribute to the use of ungrounded force and mistreatment on innocent bystanders. We believe that W.E.B. DuBois's maxim about the problems of the color line still resonates within the American ethos in spite of the election of our nation's first African-American President. It is our hope that this examination adds to our understanding of race and media in the 21st Century.The full text is not available from SSRN.
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