The Nuremberg Legacy How the Nazi War Crimes Trials Changed the Course of History

by Ehrenfreund, Norbert

• ISBN13: 9781403979650
• ISBN10: 1403979650
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-02
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Sixty years have passed since the Nuremberg trials of the major Nazi war criminals, but that event still stands as the foundation of international justice. Nuremberg not only ignited a revolution in international law but affected domestic law as well with its simple but profound priniciple that every individual accused of crime is entitled to a full and fair hearing.This book reveals how the precedents set at Nuremberg have affected human rights, race relations, medical practice, big business and even Germany's post-war development. It also examines the Nuremberg trials' influence on the modern war crimes trials of tyrants like Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.

Author Biography

Norbert Ehrenfreund has served as a judge for thirty years in the Superior Court of California. He served as a correspondant for The Stars and Stripes during the Nuremberg trials. He now lives in San Diego, California.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Nuremberg Redux
Witness to the Holocaust	p. 3
The Defining Moment	p. 7
Who Could Be Objective?	p. 19
The Case Unfolds	p. 31
Defending the Indefensible	p. 37
Jackson vs. Goering: The Title Fight	p. 65
Jackson's Breach of Ethics	p. 75
Deliberations, Verdicts, Sentences	p. 85
The Twelve Other Nuremberg Trials	p. 93
Victims' Rights	p. 107
The Nature of the Legacy
Tokyo: Almost a Nuremberg Copy	p. 113
A Giant Step for Human Rights	p. 121
The Impact on Racial Prejudice	p. 131
The Importance of the Record	p. 139
How Nuremberg Changed Medical Ethics	p. 149
A New Meaning of Justice	p. 153
The International Criminal Court: Nuremberg Offspring	p. 173
The Effect of the Krupp Case on Big Business	p. 179
Nuremberg and the Supreme Court	p. 187
The Trials of Saddam Hussein	p. 191
Threats to the Legacy
What Happened to Due Process?	p. 201
Sabotage of the International Criminal Court	p. 209
Conclusion	p. 215
Acknowledgments	p. 221
Further Readings	p. 225
Notes	p. 227
Index	p. 249
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