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Article: Reparations
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Reparations
Carl P. Parrini and
James I. Matray
If popular wisdom holds that prostitution is the oldest profession, and spying only a slightly younger occupation, then surely reparations
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a country demanding payment or indemnity from another in land, goods, or money for damage inflicted as a result of war
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also dates from a very early point in human history. Modern practice on indemnities or reparations has its origins in the late nineteenth century, when statesmen at Hague conferences in the Netherlands began to rewrite the rules for warfare, to limit armaments, to encourage peaceful settlement of international disputes, and, by such indirect means, to fashion ...