In the last two decades there has been a meteoric rise of international criminal tribunals and courts and also a strengthening chorus of critics against them.  Meer

Ohlin and May perform a descriptive mapping of the ways that necessity operates in legal and philosophical arguments in jus ad bellum, human rights and criminal law.  Meer

This book critically assesses the current law of proportionality in normative terms combining abstract philosophical and legal analysis with exacting, highly emotive contemporary combat cases.  Meer

In this, the first major philosophical study of contingent pacifism, Larry May offers a new account of pacifism from within the Just War tradition.  Meer

War has been a key topic of speculation and theorising ever since the invention of philosophy in classical antiquity. This anthology brings together the work of distinguished contemporary political philosophers and theorists who address the leading normative and conceptual issues concerning war.  Meer

Larry May argues that the best way to understand war crimes is as crimes against humanness rather than as violations of justice. He shows that in a deeply pluralistic world, we need to understand the rules of war as the collective responsibility of states that send their citizens into harm's way, as the embodiment of humanity, and as the chief way for soldiers to retain a sense of honour on the battlefield.  Meer

The idea of due process of law is recognised as the cornerstone of domestic legal systems, and in this book Larry May makes a powerful case for its extension to international law.  Meer

Larry May argues that the best way to understand war crimes is as crimes against humanness rather than as violations of justice. He shows that in a deeply pluralistic world, we need to understand the rules of war as the collective responsibility of states that send their citizens into harm's way, as the embodiment of humanity, and as the chief way for soldiers to retain a sense of honour on the battlefield.  Meer

This book was the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law. The focus is on the moral, legal, and political questions that arise when individuals who commit collective crimes, such as crimes against humanity, are held accountable by international criminal tribunals.  Meer

Larry May examines the normative and conceptual problems concerning the crime of genocide. Genocide arises out of the worst of horrors. Legally, however, the unique character of genocide is reduced to a technical requirement, that the perpetrator's act manifest an intention to destroy a protected group.  Meer

The idea of due process of law is recognised as the cornerstone of domestic legal systems, and in this book Larry May makes a powerful case for its extension to international law.  Meer

In this volume, the third in his trilogy on the philosophical and legal aspects of war and conflict, Larry May locates a normative grounding for the crime of aggression - the only one of the three crimes charged at Nuremberg that is not currently being prosecuted - that is similar to that for crimes against humanity and war crimes.  Meer

War has been a key topic of speculation and theorising ever since the invention of philosophy in classical antiquity. This anthology brings together the work of distinguished contemporary political philosophers and theorists who address the leading normative and conceptual issues concerning war.  Meer

In this volume, the third in his trilogy on the philosophical and legal aspects of war and conflict, Larry May locates a normative grounding for the crime of aggression - the only one of the three crimes charged at Nuremberg that is not currently being prosecuted - that is similar to that for crimes against humanity and war crimes.  Meer

This book was the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law. The focus is on the moral, legal, and political questions that arise when individuals who commit collective crimes, such as crimes against humanity, are held accountable by international criminal tribunals.  Meer

Larry May examines the normative and conceptual problems concerning the crime of genocide. Genocide arises out of the worst of horrors. Legally, however, the unique character of genocide is reduced to a technical requirement, that the perpetrator's act manifest an intention to destroy a protected group.  Meer

The papers in this book have been collected in celebration of Carl Wellman, who, after forty-five years, is retiring from teaching. Here I would like to highlight a few of the moments which have shaped Carl as a person and a philosopher.  Meer

Putting forward the argument that the strength of democracies can be measured in how well minorities – especially ethnic and racial minorities – are treated, Larry May’s Ethnic Cleansing maintains that unjust ethnic cleansing is one of the greatest challenges to the modern institutions of pluralistic and multi-cultural states.  Meer

Putting forward the argument that the strength of democracies can be measured in how well minorities – especially ethnic and racial minorities – are treated, Larry May’s Ethnic Cleansing maintains that unjust ethnic cleansing is one of the greatest challenges to the modern institutions of pluralistic and multi-cultural states.  Meer