 First US edition (publ. Knopf) | |
| Author | Philippe Sands |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780385350716 |
East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity is a 2016 book by Philippe Sands that examines the lives of two Jewish lawyers, Hersch Lauterpacht and Raphael Lemkin, born within three years of each other and students in the same city on the eastern outskirts of Europe, Lviv, who created the legal concepts of crimes against humanity and genocide.[1] It is a memoir and history of the origins of international criminal law in the aftermath of the Second World War.[2][3][4]
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- ^ Swart, Mia (1 September 2018). "Philippe Sands, East West Street: On the Origins of 'Genocide' and 'Crimes Against Humanity'". Journal of International Criminal Justice. 16 (4): 959–961. doi:10.1093/jicj/mqy058. ISSN 1478-1387.
- ^ Mazower, Mark (20 May 2016). "'East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity', by Philippe Sands". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 May 2021.