Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial

by Mettraux, Guénaël

• ISBN13: 9780199232338
• ISBN10: 0199232334
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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. 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 Guenael Mettraux examining the Nuremberg legacy in contemporary international criminal justice, and an exhaustive bibliography of the literature on Nuremberg.

Author Biography

Guenael Mettraux is a Defense Counsel appearing before International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Table of Contents

Contemporary Views of the Trial and Judgment: The Charter of the International Military Tribunal
The Challenge of International Lawlessness	p. 5
The Law of Nations and the Punishment of War Crimes	p. 13
The Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and New Principles of International Law	p. 55
The Nuernberg Trial and Aggressive War	p. 72
Crimes Against Humanity	p. 120
The Judgment of Nuremberg	p. 167
The Nurnberg Trials	p. 190
The Nurnberg Trial	p. 200
The Nuremberg Trial and the Modern Principles of International Criminal Law	p. 213
Will the Judgment in the Nuremberg Trial Constitute a Precedent in International Law?	p. 274
The Nuremberg Trial	p. 290
International Legal Theories Evolved at Nuremberg	p. 299
The Issues of the Nuremberg Trial	p. 308
The Law of the Nuremberg Trial	p. 320
Nuremberg in Retrospect: Legal Answer to International Lawlessness	p. 354
The Nuremberg Trials	p. 372
The Development of International Criminal Law after Nuremberg	p. 408
Historical Perspectives - The Nuremberg Legacy
Nuremberg Eighteen Years Afterwards	p. 433
The Nuremberg Trials and the Question of Responsibility for Aggression	p. 445
The Nuremberg and the Tokyo Trials in Retrospect	p. 455
Looking Back at the Nuremberg Trials with Special Consideration of the Processes Against Military Leaders	p. 473
Nuremberg: Forty Five Years Later	p. 492
Nuremberg Trial: Tire Law Against War and Fascism	p. 546
The Law of the Nuremberg Trial: Valid, Dubious, Outdated	p. 555
The 'Nuremberg Legacy'	p. 577
Judicial Inheritance: The Value and Significance of the Nuremberg Trial to Contemporary War Crimes Tribunals	p. 599
The Nuremberg Trial: Landmark in Law	p. 617
The Legality of the Nuremberg Trials	p. 626
The Legacies of Nuremberg	p. 638
The Question of German Guilt	p. 673
Introduction	p. 697
In Defense of Liberal Show Trials - Nuremberg and Beyond	p. 704
St. James Declaration, June 12, 1941	p. 729
The Moscow Conference and Declaration, October-November 1943	p. 730
The London Agreement, August 8, 1945	p. 734
The Charter of the International Military Tribunal	p. 736
Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Military Tribunal	p. 744
General Assembly Resolution 95 (I) - Nuremberg Principles	p. 748
Table of Charges and Verdicts	p. 749
Bibliography	p. 753
Index	p. 779
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