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    More Than Just Victors' Justice: A Defense of the Solely Retributive Character of Atrocity Crime Punishment by International Criminal Tribunals

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    Wetterhahn, Daniel J.
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    Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Philosophy
    War crime trials
    Retribution
    Criminal justice, Administration of
    Moral and ethical aspects
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    Thesis; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]
     
    Daniel J. Wetterhahn is a member of the Class of 2021 of Washington and Lee University.
     
    Because atrocity crimes are sui generis, nothing other than the pursuit of retribution can justify their international prosecution. Other commonly given general justifying aims for punishment all fail -- to incapacitation, to denunciation, from rehabilitation, to deterrence, leaving retribution as the only plausible candidate. This failure presents a dilemma for the many who hold strong intuitions that war criminals should be punished but have a distaste for retribution. Either give up international tribunals as currently constituted as mechanisms for providing justice after atrocities or embrace their retributive character. [From introductory section]
     
    Daniel Wetterhahn
     
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