Larry May examines the normative and conceptual problems concerning the crime of genocide.

Introduction: problems of genocide -- The nature and value of groups: Nominalism and the constituents of groups -- Identifying groups in genocide cases -- The harm of genocide: Harm to a group itself -- Harms to identity and status of a group's members -- Elements of genocide: Genocidal acts : destroying groups in whole or in part -- Collective and individual intent -- Motive and destruction of a group "as such" -- Responsibility for genocide: Complicity and the Rwandan genocide -- Incitement to genocide and the Rwanda media case -- Instigating, planning, and intending genocide in Rwanda -- Special problems of genocide: Genocide and humanitarian intervention -- Reconciliation, criminal trials, and genocide.