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Author:   Michael Bazyler (Professor of Law and The 1939 Society Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Chapman University, Fowler School of Law)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.696kg
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9780195395693

ISBN 10:   0195395697
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   17 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This book should be read by every lawyer or social scientist working on issues of genocide, genocide-prevention, or international criminal law. Those who are interested in the role that law itself has played in fomenting genocide should also read this very comprehensive and approachable text. -- William R. Pruitt, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books Michael Bazyler has written a comprehensive and compelling study of the legal historiography of the Holocaust, the paradigm of radical evil, and of genocide, the 'crime of crimes.' This book makes a singular contribution to the pursuit of international justice, and to the prevention and combatting of mass atrocity and genocide in our time. An indispensable resource. Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law is a carefully crafted and beautifully written analysis of the many ways in which the law was and is deeply implicated in an understanding of the Shoah. Prof. Bazyler crafts a series of important arguments both about the law's dark side and its illuminating and liberating possibilities. This book is a tour de force. David Fraser, Professor of Law and Social Theory, University of Nottingham School of Law A unique and important book. Michael Bazyler presents a broad, up-to-date overview of Holocaust justice ranging from landmark criminal trials to restitution litigation to the prosecution of Holocaust deniers. He also discusses the ramifications of the Holocaust's judicial reckoning on how the world has addressed, successfully or not, contemporary state-sponsored atrocities across the globe. Norman Goda, Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Florida Prof. Bazyler's book is different than other books on the Holocaust. He first depicts the Holocaust as 'a legal event,' arguing that it was the law, and not its absence, that became an instrument for destruction. He then analyzes current efforts to build a legal world based on what he labels 'Post-Holocaust Law.' This book is a must-read. Dina Porat, Professor emeritus of Jewish history and Head of the Kantor Center in Tel Aviv University, and Chief Historian of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem For the first time in the literature, this outstanding book holistically considers the entire output of Holocaust litigation-both criminal and civil. Bazyler has done a masterful job of weaving together profound doctrinal, philosophical, and historical themes into a powerful narrative that explains how justice emerged in such protean forms from one of humanity's greatest single cataclysms. Gregory S. Gordon, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law This book provides a distinctive approach to understanding the Holocaust in specifically legal terms. No one interested in either the Holocaust itself or the ways in which we prosecute human rights violations will want to miss its informed, compelling discussion. John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York Bazyler deploys considerable legal expertise to underpin his first, and for readers of this Journal arguably most important thesis: that the Nazi persecution of the Jews, leading ultimately to the attempted genocide of the entire Jewish people, was carried out within a framework of law, even though this was in reality a corrupted and perverted form of pseudo-legality in which only the external forms of true legality were preserved. - Anthony Grenville, The Association of Jewish Refugees

Michael Bazyler has written a comprehensive and compelling study of the legal historiography of the Holocaust, the paradigm of radical evil, and of genocide, the crime of crimes. It includes a critical appreciation of the criminal prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg and beyond, of the oft ignored civil litigation in matters of Holocaust restitution, and the relevance of such litigation as a model for restitution in other mass atrocities. This book makes a singular contribution to the pursuit of international justice, and to the prevention and combatting of mass atrocity and genocide in our time. An indespensible resource. Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law is a carefully crafted and beautifully written analysis of the many ways in which the law was and is deeply implicated in an understanding of the Shoah. Prof. Bazyler crafts a series of important arguments both about the laws dark side and its illuminating and liberating possibilities. His treatments of on-going attempts to achieve a form of restitutionary justice for victims and their heirs and of different national approaches to Holocaust Denial offer further clear evidence of the continuing relevance and centrality of understanding the law/Holocaust nexus in a holistic fashion. This book is a tour de force. David Fraser, Professor of Law and Social Theory, University of Nottingham School of Law A unique and important book. Michael Bazyler presents a broad, up-to-date overview of Holocaust justice ranging from landmark criminal trials to restitution litigation to the prosecution of Holocaust deniers. He also discusses the ramifications of the Holocaust's judicial reckoning on how the world has addressed, successfully or not, contemporary state-sponsored atrocities across the globe. Norman Goda, Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Florida For the first time in the literature, this outstanding book holistically considers the entire output of Holocaust litigationboth criminal and civil. This permits not only a deeper and finer appreciation for the individual components of this body of law, but a fascinating exploration of how formally disparate claims from varied venues are ultimately linked by profound doctrinal, philosophical, and historical themes. Michael Bazyler has done a masterful job of weaving together all these strands into a powerful narrative that will be invaluable not only to legal experts and historians but to other readers who seek to understand how justice could have emerged in such protean forms from one of humanitys greatest single cataclysms. Gregory S. Gordon, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Prof. Bazylers book is different from other books on the Holocaust. He first depicts the Holocaust as a legal event, arguing that it was the law, and not its absence, that became an instrument for destruction. He then analyzes postHolocaust efforts to legally achieve the utmost right to replace the utmost wrong while meticulously mapping current efforts to build a world on solid legal ground, which he labels Post-Holocaust Law. This book is a must-read. Prof. Dina Porat, Professor emeritus of Jewish History and Head of the Kantor Center in Tel Aviv University, and Chief Historian of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem This book provides a distinctive approach to understanding the Holocaust in specifically legal terms. No one interested in either the Holocaust itself or the ways in which we prosecute human rights violations will want to miss its informed, compelling discussion. John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York

For the first time in the literature, this outstanding book holistically considers the entire output of Holocaust litigationboth criminal and civil. Bazyler has done a masterful job of weaving together profound doctrinal, philosophical, and historical themes into a powerful narrative that explains how justice emerged in such protean forms from one of humanitys greatest single cataclysms. Gregory S. Gordon, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law This book provides a distinctive approach to understanding the Holocaust in specifically legal terms. No one interested in either the Holocaust itself or the ways in which we prosecute human rights violations will want to miss its informed, compelling discussion. John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York Michael Bazyler has written a comprehensive and compelling study of the legal historiography of the Holocaust, the paradigm of radical evil, and of genocide, the crime of crimes. This book makes a singular contribution to the pursuit of international justice, and to the prevention and combatting of mass atrocity and genocide in our time. An indispensable resource. Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law is a carefully crafted and beautifully written analysis of the many ways in which the law was and is deeply implicated in an understanding of the Shoah. Prof. Bazyler crafts a series of important arguments both about the laws dark side and its illuminating and liberating possibilities. This book is a tour de force. David Fraser, Professor of Law and Social Theory, University of Nottingham School of Law A unique and important book. Michael Bazyler presents a broad, up-to-date overview of Holocaust justice ranging from landmark criminal trials to restitution litigation to the prosecution of Holocaust deniers. He also discusses the ramifications of the Holocaust's judicial reckoning on how the world has addressed, successfully or not, contemporary state-sponsored atrocities across the globe. Norman Goda, Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Florida Prof. Bazylers book is different than other books on the Holocaust. He first depicts the Holocaust as a legal event, arguing that it was the law, and not its absence, that became an instrument for destruction. He then analyzes current efforts to build a legal world based on what he labels Post-Holocaust Law. This book is a must-read. Dina Porat, Professor emeritus of Jewish history and Head of the Kantor Center in Tel Aviv University, and Chief Historian of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

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Michael Bazyler is Professor of Law and The 1939 Society Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at the Fowler School of Law, Chapman University. He is the author of Holocaust Justice: The Battle for Restitution in America's Courts (2003), Holocaust Restitution: Perspective on the Litigation and its Legacy (co-authored with Roger Alford, 2006), Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust (co-authored with Frank Tuerkheimer, 2014), and numerous articles on international human rights law. He has testified before Congress and his writings have been cited by the United States Supreme Court.

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