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020			_z9780199554317 (cloth : alk. paper)
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020			_a9780191728624 (ebook)
020			_a0191728624 (ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)757401636 _z(OCoLC)774516271
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050		4	_aKZ 1176 .5 _b.H45 2011
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100	1		_aHeller, Kevin Jon. _9233990 _2Local
245	1	4	_aThe Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the origins of international criminal law _h[electronic resource] _cKevin Jon Heller.
260			_aOxford _aNew York _bOxford University Press _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 509 p.)
520			_a"This book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the twelve war-crimes trials held in the American zone of occupation between 1946 and 1949, collectively known as the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT). The judgments these Tribunals produced have played a critical role in the development of international criminal law, particularly in terms of how courts currently understand genocide, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. The trials are of tremendous historical importance, because they provide a far more comprehensive picture of Nazi atrocities than the main Nuremberg Trial (IMT). The IMT focused exclusively on the 'major war criminals'-the Goerings, the Hesses, the Speers. The NMT, by contrast, prosecuted doctors, lawyers, judges, industrialists, bankers-the private citizens and lower-level functionaries whose willingness to take part in the destruction of millions of innocents manifested what Hannah Arendt famously called 'the banality of evil'. This book starts by tracing the history of the NMT. It then discusses the law and procedure applied by the NMT, with a focus on the important differences between Control Council Law No. 10 and the Nuremberg Charter and on the protection of the defendants' right to a fair trial. The third section, the heart of the book, provides a systematic analysis of the NMT's jurisprudence. It covers Law No. 10's core crimes, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, as well as the crimes of conspiracy and membership of a criminal organization. This section also analyzes the general principles of liability that the Tribunals applied and on the defenses they did -and did not- recognize. The final section of the book deals with the aftermath of the trials and their historical legacy"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [487]-492) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- From the IMT to the zonal trials -- The OCC and the tribunals -- The evolution of the trial program -- The trials -- Jurisdiction and legal character of the tribunals -- Evidence -- Procedure -- Crimes against peace -- War crimes -- Crimes against humanity -- Modes of participation -- Conspiracy, enterprise liability, and criminal membership -- Defenses -- Sentencing -- Aftermath -- Legacy -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : table of defendants, charges, verdicts, and sentences -- Appendix B : the London charter -- Appendix C : law no. 10 -- Appendix D : military ordinance no. 7 -- Appendix E : uniform rules of procedure.
500			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aNuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 _9259274 _2Local
650		0	_aInternational criminal law _xHistory. _9238381 _2Local
650		0	_aWar crime trials _zGermany _zNuremberg _xHistory _y20th century. _9187135 _2Local
776	0		_iPrint version _aHeller, Kevin Jon. _tNuremberg Military Tribunals and the origins of international criminal law. _dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 _z9780199554317 _w(DLC) 2011029622 _w(OCoLC)699767159
856			_uhttp://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554317.001.0001/acprof-9780199554317
856			_3Oxford Scholarship Online _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554317.001.0001 _aOxford Scholarship Online
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