The Nuremberg legacy : how the Nazi war crimes trials changed the course of history / Norbert Ehrenfreund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrenfreund, Norbert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946--Influence.

Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.

Physical Description:

xvii, 257 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

A front-row look at the Nuremberg trials and how they changed the course of history

Contents:

Part 1 Nuremberg Redux

Chapter 1 Witness to the Holocaust 3

Chapter 2 The Defining Moment 7

Chapter 3 Who Could Be Objective? 19

Chapter 4 The Case Unfolds 31

Chapter 5 Defending the Indefensible 37

Chapter 6 Jackson vs. Goering: The Title Fight 65

Chapter 7 Jackson's Breach of Ethics 75

Chapter 8 Deliberations, Verdicts, Sentences 85

Chapter 9 The Twelve Other Nuremberg Trials 93

Chapter 10 Victims' Rights 107

Part 2 The Nature of the Legacy

Chapter 11 Tokyo: Almost a Nuremberg Copy 113

Chapter 12 A Giant Step for Human Rights 121

Chapter 13 The Impact on Racial Prejudice 131

Chapter 14 The Importance of the Record 139

Chapter 15 How Nuremberg Changed Medical Ethics 149

Chapter 16 A New Meaning of Justice 153

Chapter 17 The International Criminal Court: Nuremberg Offspring 173

Chapter 18 The Effect of the Krupp Case on Big Business 179

Chapter 19 Nuremberg and the Supreme Court 187

Chapter 20 The Trials of Saddam Hussein 191

Part 3 Threats to the Legacy

Chapter 21 What Happened to Due Process? 201

Chapter 22 Sabotage of the International Criminal Court 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-247) and index.

ISBN:

1403979650

9781403979650

OCLC:

84903551

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