Overview

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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Author:   Guénaël Mettraux (, Defence Counsel, ICTY)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.389kg
ISBN:  

9780199232338

ISBN 10:   0199232334
Pages:   832
Publication Date:   27 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword I. Legal Perspectives (a) Contemporaneous Views of the Trial and Judgement (i) The Charter of the International Military Tribunal 1: Robert H. Jackson: The Challenge of International Lawlessness 2: Hersch Lauterpacht: The Law of Nations and the Punishment of War Crimes 3: Stefan Glaser: The Nuremberg Charter and New Principles of International Law (ii) The Trial and the Judgment 4: Sheldon Glueck: The Nuremberg Trial and Aggressive War 5: Egon Schwelb: Crimes Against Humanity 6: Georg Schwarzenberger: The Judgment of Nuremberg 7: Jean Graven: International Justice and Reconciliation: Lessons of Nuremberg 8: Thomas J. Dodd: The Nuremberg Trials 9: Francis Biddle: The Nuremberg Trial 10: Henri Donnedieu de Vabres: The Nuremberg Trial before Modern Principles of International Criminal Law 11: Hans Kelsen: Will the Judgment in the Nuremberg Trial Constitute a Precedent in International Law? 12: Geoffrey Lawrence (Lord Oaksey): The Nuremberg Trial 13: Norman Birkett: International Legal Theories Evolved at Nuremberg 14: Herbert Wechsler: The Issues of the Nuremberg Trial 15: Quincy Wright: The Law of the Nuremberg Trial 16: Robert H. Jackson: Nuremberg in Retrospect: Legal Answer to International Lawlessness 17: Telford Taylor: The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials 18: H.-H. Jescheck: State Responsibility in International Criminal Law: A Study of the Nuremberg Trial b) Historical Perspectives: The Nuremberg Legacy 19: Otto Kranzbuhler: Nuremberg Eighteen Years Afterwards 20: A. I. Poltorak: The Nuremberg Trials and the Question of Responsibility for Aggression 21: Bert V. A. Röling: The Nuremberg and the Tokyo Trials in Retrospect 22: Hans Laternser: Looking Back at the Nuremberg Trials with Special Consideration of the Processes Against Military Leaders 23: Matthew Lippman: Nuremberg: Forty-Five Years Later 24: I. A. Ledyah and I. I. Lukashuka: The Nuremberg Trial: The Law Against War and Fascism 25: Reinhard Merkel: The Law of the Nuremberg Trial 26: M. Cherif Bassiouni: The 'Nuremberg Legacy' 27: Guénaël Mettraux: Judicial Inheritance: The Value and Significance of the Nuremberg Trial to Contemporary War Crimes Trials II. Political and Philosophical Perspectives 29: A. L. Goodhart: The Legality of the Nuremberg Trials 30: Karl Jaspers: The Question of German Guilt 31: Henry L. Stimson: The Nuremberg Trial: Landmark in Law 32: Robert H. Jackson: ""Introduction"", in Whitney R. Harris, Tyranny on Trial - The Evidence at Nuremberg 33: David Luban: The Legacies of Nuremberg 34: Mark Osiel: Mass Atrocity, Collective Memory, and the Law III Bibliography IV Annexes St-James Declaration Moscow Declaration London Agreement Charter of the International Military Tribunal Rules of Procedure And Evidence General Assembly Resolution 95(I) - Nuremberg Principles Table of Charges and Verdicts V Index"

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[H]istorians and legal scholars alike will find Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial to be a valuable reference...Mettraux's work here serves as a timely reminder of Nuremberg's place in the evolution of international criminal law. * Holocaust Studies *

Cogent, exceptionally well researched and forward looking, it is set to become the leading work on command responsibility. It constitutes an indispensible resource to practitioners, academics, judges and students alike. Karim A. A. Khan, Barrister Guenael Mettraux expertly examines the law of command responsibility from every possible angle. Daqun Liu, Judge at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

[H]istorians and legal scholars alike will find Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial to be a valuable reference...Mettraux's work here serves as a timely reminder of Nuremberg's place in the evolution of international criminal law. Holocaust Studies

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

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