The crime of destruction and the law of genocide : their impact on collective memory / Caroline Fournet.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-174) and index.

The crime of genocide : 'a crime without a name'? -- Dehumanizing intent and death by destruction -- The conventional approach to the genocidal pattern of conduct : the omission of dehumanization -- The conventional selective protection of groups : the omission of 'racialization' -- The conventional approach to genocidal intent -- The genocidal state -- The conventional omission of genocide denial -- The conventional restrictive approach and the jus cogens prohibition of genocide -- The symptoms of the inapplicability of the genocide convention : the lack of state practice -- Legal memory : its impact on the social and collective memory of the crime.