Includes bibliographical references (p. [753]-775) and index.
Contents:
In defense of liberal show trials : Nuremberg and beyond / Mark J. Osiel. The law of nations and the punishment of war crimes / Hersch Lauterpacht -- The Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the new principles of international law / Stefan Glaser -- The Nuernberg Trial and aggressive war / Sheldon Glueck -- Crimes against humanity / Egon Schwelb -- The judgment of Nuremberg / Georg Schwarzenberger -- The Nurnberg Trials / Thomas J. Dodd -- The Nürnberg Trial / Francis Biddle -- The Nuremberg Trial and the modern principles of international criminal law / Henri Donnedieu de Vabres -- Will the judgment in the Nuremberg Trial constitute a precedent in international law? / Hans Kelsen -- The Nuremberg Trial / Geoffrey Lawrence (Lord Oaksey) -- International legal theories evolved at Nuremberg / Norman Birkett -- The issues of the Nuremberg Trial / Herbert Wechsler -- The law of the Nuremberg Trial / Quincy Wright -- Nuremberg in retrospect : legal answer to international lawlessness / Robert H. Jackson -- The Nuremberg Trials / Telford Taylor -- The development of international criminal law after Nuremberg / Hans-Heinrich Jescheck -- Nuremberg eighteen years afterwards / Otto Kranzbuhler -- The Nuremberg Trials and the question of responsibility for aggression / A.I. Poltorak -- The Nuremberg and the Tokyo trials in retrospect / Bert V.A. Röling -- Looking back at the Nuremberg Trials with special consideration of the processes against military leaders / Hans Laternser -- Nuremberg : forty five years later / Matthew Lippman -- Nuremberg Trial : the law against war and fascism / A.M. Larin -- The law of the Nuremberg Trial : valid, dubious, outdated / Reinhard Merkel -- The "Nuremberg legacy" / M. Cherif Bassiouni -- Judicial inheritance : the value and significance of the Nuremberg Trial to contemporary war crimes tribunals / Guénaël Mettraux -- The Nuremberg Trial : landmark in law / Henry L. Stimson -- The legality of the Nuremberg Trials / Arthur L. Goodhart -- The legacies of Nuremberg / David Luban -- The question of German guilt / Karl Jaspers -- Introduction / Robert H. Jackson -- In defense of liberal show trials : Nuremberg and beyond / Mark J. Osiel.
Summary:
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. --publisher description
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