Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial
The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice. This volume offers a unique collection of the most important essays written on the Trial, discussing the key legal, political and philosophical questions raised by the Trial both at the time and in historical perspective.

The collection focuses on pieces from those involved in the Tribunal, discussing the establishment of the Tribunal, the Trial itself, and the debate that followed the Judgment. Also included are representative essays of the academic debate that has surrounded Nuremberg in the sixty years since the Trial. Ranging from the contribution of Nuremberg to the substantive development of international criminal law to the philosophical evaluation of legalism in post-conflict international relations, the perspectives provided by the essays offer a unique overview of the persistent significance of Nuremberg across a range of academic disciplines.

The collection also features newly translated essays from key German, Russian and French writers, available in English for the first time; a new essay by Guénaël Mettraux examining the Nuremberg legacy in contemporary international criminal justice, and an exhaustive bibliography of the literature on Nuremberg.
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Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial
The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice. This volume offers a unique collection of the most important essays written on the Trial, discussing the key legal, political and philosophical questions raised by the Trial both at the time and in historical perspective.

The collection focuses on pieces from those involved in the Tribunal, discussing the establishment of the Tribunal, the Trial itself, and the debate that followed the Judgment. Also included are representative essays of the academic debate that has surrounded Nuremberg in the sixty years since the Trial. Ranging from the contribution of Nuremberg to the substantive development of international criminal law to the philosophical evaluation of legalism in post-conflict international relations, the perspectives provided by the essays offer a unique overview of the persistent significance of Nuremberg across a range of academic disciplines.

The collection also features newly translated essays from key German, Russian and French writers, available in English for the first time; a new essay by Guénaël Mettraux examining the Nuremberg legacy in contemporary international criminal justice, and an exhaustive bibliography of the literature on Nuremberg.
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Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial

Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial

by Guïnaïl Mettraux (Editor)
Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial

Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial

by Guïnaïl Mettraux (Editor)

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The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice. This volume offers a unique collection of the most important essays written on the Trial, discussing the key legal, political and philosophical questions raised by the Trial both at the time and in historical perspective.

The collection focuses on pieces from those involved in the Tribunal, discussing the establishment of the Tribunal, the Trial itself, and the debate that followed the Judgment. Also included are representative essays of the academic debate that has surrounded Nuremberg in the sixty years since the Trial. Ranging from the contribution of Nuremberg to the substantive development of international criminal law to the philosophical evaluation of legalism in post-conflict international relations, the perspectives provided by the essays offer a unique overview of the persistent significance of Nuremberg across a range of academic disciplines.

The collection also features newly translated essays from key German, Russian and French writers, available in English for the first time; a new essay by Guénaël Mettraux examining the Nuremberg legacy in contemporary international criminal justice, and an exhaustive bibliography of the literature on Nuremberg.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199232338
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 06/02/2008
Pages: 832
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Guénaël Mettraux is a Defence Counsel appearing before International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Table of Contents

Foreworda) Contemporaneous Views of the Trial and Judgement(i) The Charter of the International Military Tribunal1. The Challenge of International Lawlessness by iRobert H. Jackson/i2. The Law of Nations and the Punishment of War Crimes by iHersch Lauterpacht/i3. The Nuremberg Chapter and New Principles of International Law by iStefan Glaser/i(ii) The Trial and the Judgement4. The Nuremberg Trial and Aggressive War by iSheldon Glueck/i5. Crimes Against Humanity by iEgon Schwelb/i6. The Judgement of Nuremberg by iGeorg Schwarzenberger/i7. International Justice and Reconciliation: Lessons of Nuremberg by iJean Graven/i8. The Nuremberg Trials by iThomas J. Dodd/i9. The Nuremberg Trial by iFrancis Biddle/i10. The Nuremberg Trial before Modern Principles of International Criminal Law by iHenri Donnedieu de Vabres/i11. Will the Judgement in the Nuremberg Trial Constitute a Precedent in International Law? by iHans Kelsen/i12. The Nuremberg Trial by iGeoffrey Lawrence (Lord Oaksey)/i13. International Legal Theories Evolved at Nuremberg by iNorman Birkett/i14. The Issues of the Nuremberg Trial by iHerbert Wechsler/i15. The Law of the Nuremberg Trial by iNorman Birkett/i16. Nuremberg in Retrospect: Legal Answer to International Lawlessness by iRobert H. Jackson/i17. The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials by iTelford Taylor/i18. State Responsibility in International Criminal Law: A Study of the Nuremberg Trial by iH.-H. Jescheck/ib) Historical Perspectives: The Nuremberg Legacy19. Nuremberg Eighteen Years Afterwards by iOtto Kranzbuhler/i20. by iA. I. Poltorak/i21. The Nuremberg and the Tokyo Trials in Retrospect by iBert V. A. Röling/i22. by iG.N. Aleksandrow/i23. Looking Back at the Nuremberg Trials with Special Consideration of the Processes Against Military Leaders by iHans Laternser/i24. Nuremberg: Forty-Five Years Later by iMatthew Lippman/i25. 26. The Law of the Nuremberg Trial by iReinhard Merkel/i27. The 'Nuremberg Legacy by iM. Cherif Bassiouni/i28. Judicial Inheritance: The Value and Significance of the Nuremberg Trial to Contemporary War Crimes Trials by iGuénaël Mettraux/iII. Political and Philosophical Perspectives29. The Legality of the Nuremberg Trials by iA. L. Goodhart/i30. The Question of German Guilt by iKarl Jaspers/i31. The Nuremberg Trial: Landmark in Law by iHenry L. Stimson/i32. "Introduction", in Whitney R. Harris, Tyranny on Trial - The Evidence at Nuremberg by iRobert H. Jackson/i33. Legalism by iJudith N. Shklar/i34. The Legacies of Nuremberg by iDavid Luban/i35. Mass Atrocity, Collective Memory, and the Law by iMark Osiel/iIII. BibliographyIV. AnnexesSt-James DeclarationMoscow DeclarationLondon AgreementCharter of the International Military TribunalRules of Procedure And EvidenceGeneral Assembly Resolution 95(I) - Nuremberg PrinciplesTable of Charges and VerdictsV. Index
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