American immunity
An edition of American immunity (2013)
war crimes and the limits of international law
By Patrick Hagopian
Publish Date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Language
eng
Pages
244
Description:
In 2000 Congress attempted to close the jurisdictional gap with passage of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. The effectiveness of that legislation is still in question, however, since it remains unclear how willing civilian American juries will be to convict veterans for conduct in foreign war zones."--pub. desc.