
Published online:
22 March 2012
Published in print:
07 January 1999
Online ISBN:
9780191683534
Print ISBN:
9780198268567
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I Arrogance, Responsibility and Constraints on the Prince's Power I Arrogance, Responsibility and Constraints on the Prince's Power
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II Commitment Versus Interest II Commitment Versus Interest
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III The Special Responsibility of the Leader III The Special Responsibility of the Leader
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IV Command Responsibility IV Command Responsibility
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V Superior Orders: The Ruler's Advisers and Intermediaries V Superior Orders: The Ruler's Advisers and Intermediaries
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VI Responsibility for Thought Alone VI Responsibility for Thought Alone
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VII Forms of Law VII Forms of Law
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VIII Yielding to Pressure: The Cardinal and the Sanctuary VIII Yielding to Pressure: The Cardinal and the Sanctuary
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IX Richard III as Machiavellian Prince IX Richard III as Machiavellian Prince
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X Accountability for the Agincourt Massacre: Henry V X Accountability for the Agincourt Massacre: Henry V
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XI Concluding Observations XI Concluding Observations
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Chapter
III Crimes and Accountability in Shakespeare
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Pages
67–121
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Published:January 1999
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Meron, Theodor, 'Crimes and Accountability in Shakespeare', War Crimes Law Comes of Age: Essays (Oxford , 1999; online edn, Oxford Academic, 22 Mar. 2012), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198268567.003.0003, accessed 4 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter shows how, in his works, Shakespeare dealt with crimes committed or ordered by leaders, as well as such related, but different, concepts as the arrogance of power; constraints on the prince's power; commitment versus interest; the leader's special responsibility; command responsibility; superior orders and the responsibility of the ruler's advisers and intermediaries; responsibility for thought alone; the observance of forms of law; capitulation to pressure to commit crimes; Richard III as a Machiavellian prince; and responsibility for war crimes such as the massacre of French prisoners of war at Agincourt.
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