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The law in Nazi Germany : ideology, opportunism, and the perversion of justice / edited by Alan E. Steinweis and Robert D. Rachlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice, Administration of--Germany--History.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Law--Germany--History.
- Law.
- National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.
- National socialism.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jewish lawyers--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Jewish lawyers.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History.
- Jews.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While we often tend to think of the Third Reich as a zone of lawlessness, the Nazi dictatorship and its policies of persecution rested on a legal foundation set in place and maintained by judges, lawyers, and civil servants trained in the law. This volume offers a concise and compelling account of how these intelligent and welleducated legal professionals lent their skills and knowledge to a system of oppression and domination. The chapters address why German lawyers and jurists were attracted to Nazism; how their support of the regime resulted from a combination of ideological conviction,
- Contents:
- The conundrum of complicity : German professionals and the final solution / Konrad H. Jarausch
- Civil service lawyers and the Holocaust : the case of Wilhelm Stuckart / Hans-Christian Jasch
- Roland Freisler and the Volksgerichtshof : the court as an instrument of terror / Robert D. Rachlin
- Guilt, shame, anger, indignation : Nazi law and Nazi morals / Raphael Gross
- Discrimination, degradation, defiance : Jewish lawyers under Nazism / Douglas G. Morris
- Evading responsibility for crimes against humanity : murderous lawyers at Nuremberg / Harry Reicher
- Judging German judges in the Third Reich : excusing and confronting the past / Kenneth F. Ledford.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781782389217
- 1782389210
- 9780857457813
- 0857457810
- OCLC:
- 861080571
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