In this Book
- The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 3: The Widening Context
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Issues of the war that have provoked public controversy and legal debate over the last two years—the Cambodian invasion of May-June 1970, the disclosure in November 1969 of the My Lai massacre, and the question of war crimes—are the focus of Volume 3. As in the previous volumes, the Civil War Panel of the American Society of International Law has endeavored to select the most significant legal writing on the subject and to provide, to the extent possible, a balanced presentation of opposing points of view. Parts I and II deal directly with the Cambodian, My Lai, and war crimes debates. Related questions are treated in the rest of the volume: constitutional debate on the war; the distribution of functions among coordinate branches of the government; the legal status of the insurgent regime in the struggle for control of South Vietnam; prospects for settlement without a clear-cut victory; and Vietnam's role in general world order. The articles reflect the views of some forty contributors: among them, Jean Lacouture, Henry Kissinger, John Norton Moore, Quincy Wright, William H. Rhenquist, and Richard A. Falk.
Originally published in 1972.
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Table of Contents
- Note of Acknowledgments
- pp. v-vi
- Introduction
- pp. 3-6
- I. The Cambodian Incursion of 1970. A. The Expanded Zone of Combat
- B. International Law Aspects
- pp. 21-22
- C. Constitutional Aspects
- pp. 161-162
- Commentary by Robert H. Bork
- pp. 187-190
- II. War Crimes. A. General Considerations
- The Nuremberg Principles
- pp. 193-248
- The Hostage Case
- pp. 249-263
- The Matter of Yamashita
- pp. 264-280
- Targets in War: Legal Considerations
- pp. 281-326
- Legal Aspects of the My Lai Incident
- pp. 346-358
- Β. Judicial Applications
- pp. 397-398
- Nuremberg Law and U.S. Courts
- pp. 477-486
- III. The Constitutional Debate on the Vietnam War. A. Matters of Executive Prerogative
- B. Matters of Legislative Prerogative
- pp. 593-594
- Congress and Foreign Policy
- pp. 595-605
- C. Matters of Judicial Prerogative
- pp. 623-624
- IV. Special Questions of International Law
- V. Prospects for Settlement
- The Viet Nam Negotiations
- pp. 741-764
- VI. World Order Perspectives
- What We Should Learn from Vietnam
- pp. 827-839
- Controlling Local Conflicts
- pp. 840-846
- The Causes of Peace and Conditions of War
- pp. 847-862
- VII. Documentary Appendices
- The Nuremberg Principles
- pp. 893-894
- Civil War Panel
- p. 921
- Contributors
- pp. 922-924
- Permissions
- pp. 925-928