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Cover illustration: The Trial of Rudolf Hoess, Commander of the Auschwitz Camp, March 1947. Source: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe/National Digital Archive.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Grzebyk, Patrycja, author. | Krzan, Bartłomiej, author. | Wierczyńska, Karolina, author.
Title: Polish contributions to international criminal law / by Patrycja Grzebyk, Bartłomiej Krzan, and Karolina Wierczyńska.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, Inc., 2025. | Series: Queen Mary Studies in International Law, 1877-4822 ; volume 55 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025024545 | ISBN 9789004712683 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004712690 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: International criminal law. | International criminal law‐‐Poland. | International crimes‐‐Law and legislation‐‐Poland. | Crimes against Humanity‐‐Law and legislation‐‐Poland. | Criminal justice, Administration of‐‐Poland. | International and municipal law‐‐Poland. | War crimes. | Criminal liability (International law) | International criminal courts. | Poland‐‐History.
Classification: LCC KZ7000 .G79 2025 | DDC 345‐‐dc23/eng/20250523
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025024545
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issn 1877-4822
isbn 978-90-04-71268-3 (hardback)
isbn 978-90-04-71269-0 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004712690
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