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World War I and Its Aftermath

A Socio-Legal History of the Laws of War

ISBN: 978-1-83753-385-5, eISBN: 978-1-83753-384-8

Publication date: 27 September 2024

Abstract

This chapter examines how the nature of World War I catalyzed significant changes in the laws of war, the Treaty of Versailles, the failed Leipzig Trials, and the multiple treaties enacted in the 1920s, with particular focus on the Geneva Convention of 1929.

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Mullins, C.W. (2024), "World War I and Its Aftermath", A Socio-Legal History of the Laws of War (Emerald Advances in Historical Criminology), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-384-820241004

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2024 Christopher W. Mullins. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited