Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing
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Ideas of collective responsibility
challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant
paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to
the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not
amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished -
and if so, how - or are other remedies available? The topic crosses the borders
of law, philosophy, and political science, and in this volume specialists in all
three areas contribute their perspectives. They examine the limits of individual
criminal liability in addressing atrocity, the meanings of punishment and
responsibility, the distribution of group punishment to a group's members, and
the means by which collective accountability can be expressed. In doing so, they
reflect on the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, on the philosophical
understanding of collective responsibility, and on the place of collective
accountability in international political relations
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