Ehrenfreund, N: The Nuremberg Legacy
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781403979650
ISBN-10: 1403979650
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 166 x 247 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Special and Us.
Editura: MACMILLAN EDUCATION
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1403979650
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 166 x 247 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Special and Us.
Editura: MACMILLAN EDUCATION
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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Cuprins
Prologue
Introduction
Nuremberg Redux
Witness to the Holocaust
The Defining Moment
Who Could Be Objective?
The Case Unfolds
Defending the Indefensible
Jackson vs. Goering
Jackson's Breach of Ethics
Deliberations, Verdicts, Sentences
Twelve Other Nuremberg Trials
Victims' Rights
The Nature of the Legacy
Tokyo: Almost a Nuremberg Copy
A Giant Step for Human Rights
The Impact on Racial Prejudice
The Importance of the Record
How Nuremberg Changed Medical Ethics
A New Meaning of Justice
The International Criminal Court: Nuremberg Offspring
The Effect of the Krupp Case on Big Business
Nuremberg and the Supreme Court
The Trials of Saddam Hussein
Threats to the Legacy
What Happened to Due Process?
Sabotage of the International Criminal Court
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Further Readings
Endnotes
Index
Introduction
Nuremberg Redux
Witness to the Holocaust
The Defining Moment
Who Could Be Objective?
The Case Unfolds
Defending the Indefensible
Jackson vs. Goering
Jackson's Breach of Ethics
Deliberations, Verdicts, Sentences
Twelve Other Nuremberg Trials
Victims' Rights
The Nature of the Legacy
Tokyo: Almost a Nuremberg Copy
A Giant Step for Human Rights
The Impact on Racial Prejudice
The Importance of the Record
How Nuremberg Changed Medical Ethics
A New Meaning of Justice
The International Criminal Court: Nuremberg Offspring
The Effect of the Krupp Case on Big Business
Nuremberg and the Supreme Court
The Trials of Saddam Hussein
Threats to the Legacy
What Happened to Due Process?
Sabotage of the International Criminal Court
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Further Readings
Endnotes
Index
Recenzii
'Offers a compelling and original contribution to our understanding of the first international criminal tribunal in history.' - William Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego
'Judge Ehrenfreund's book is distinguished by a combination of elegant writing and a deep understanding of the subject. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Nuremberg.' - Henry T. King, Jr., former Nuremberg prosecutor and author of The Two Worlds of Albert Speer
'This book describes the horror of the Nazi genocide, and my life as one of the Untermenschen Hitler sought to exterminate but what is different about this work is that Judge Ehrenfreund tells what that experience means for modern times.' - Lou Dunst, Holocaust survivor, Auschwitz and Mauthausen (Ebensee) concentration camps
"This readable eyewitness account – combining fascinating anecdotes with brilliant insights – will educate and inspire. It is as relevant today, as we confront a new form of totalitarian terrorism and can only hope that we be able to bring its perpetrators to justice under the Nuremberg principle." - Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Harvard Law School
"The Nuremberg trials hold many lessons in justice and human rights that resonate today. From his unique vantage point as an eyewitness to the trials and as a Judge, Norbert Ehrenfreund sends out a clear warning about the direction our nation is taking but also gives us hope with this refreshing new take on the founding principles of justice as we know it." - Senator Christopher J. Dodd
"Part memoir, part history lesson, and part critique of recent U.S. government policies, this important book recounts the story of the Nuremberg trials and their immense legacy in shaping human rights policies today. A timely, well-researched, and well-written study." - Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph H.& Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University and author of American Judaism: A History
"Pertinent, thorough overview...a tremendous case for adhering to the Nuremberg legacy of fair treatment for even the most odious offenders. Students and young adults will especially value this accessible, personable work." Kirkus Reviews
'Judge Ehrenfreund's book is distinguished by a combination of elegant writing and a deep understanding of the subject. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Nuremberg.' - Henry T. King, Jr., former Nuremberg prosecutor and author of The Two Worlds of Albert Speer
'This book describes the horror of the Nazi genocide, and my life as one of the Untermenschen Hitler sought to exterminate but what is different about this work is that Judge Ehrenfreund tells what that experience means for modern times.' - Lou Dunst, Holocaust survivor, Auschwitz and Mauthausen (Ebensee) concentration camps
"This readable eyewitness account – combining fascinating anecdotes with brilliant insights – will educate and inspire. It is as relevant today, as we confront a new form of totalitarian terrorism and can only hope that we be able to bring its perpetrators to justice under the Nuremberg principle." - Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Harvard Law School
"The Nuremberg trials hold many lessons in justice and human rights that resonate today. From his unique vantage point as an eyewitness to the trials and as a Judge, Norbert Ehrenfreund sends out a clear warning about the direction our nation is taking but also gives us hope with this refreshing new take on the founding principles of justice as we know it." - Senator Christopher J. Dodd
"Part memoir, part history lesson, and part critique of recent U.S. government policies, this important book recounts the story of the Nuremberg trials and their immense legacy in shaping human rights policies today. A timely, well-researched, and well-written study." - Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph H.& Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University and author of American Judaism: A History
"Pertinent, thorough overview...a tremendous case for adhering to the Nuremberg legacy of fair treatment for even the most odious offenders. Students and young adults will especially value this accessible, personable work." Kirkus Reviews
Notă biografică
NORBERT EHRENFREUND has served as a judge for thirty years in the Superior Court of California, USA. He served as a correspondent for The Stars and Stripes during the Nuremberg trials. He now lives in San Diego, California, USA.
Caracteristici
1 The Nuremberg trials left their mark in all spheres of international justice, from the founding of international courts to the definition of war crimes. The recent trial and sentencing of Saddam Hussein is a classic example of the Nuremberg legacy
2 The author was driven to become a judge as a result of what he witnessed at Nuremberg as a young man. After seventeen years on the bench he is an expert on the daily effect the Nazi trials have on modern justice
3 Ehrenfreund has regular speaking engagements all over the country and in Europe, he is considered an expert on International justice and on Nuremberg
2 The author was driven to become a judge as a result of what he witnessed at Nuremberg as a young man. After seventeen years on the bench he is an expert on the daily effect the Nazi trials have on modern justice
3 Ehrenfreund has regular speaking engagements all over the country and in Europe, he is considered an expert on International justice and on Nuremberg
Descriere
Sixty years after the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, this book reveals how the precedents set at Nuremberg have affected human rights, race relations, medical practice, big business and Germany's post-war development. It also examines the Nuremberg trials' influence on the modern war crimes trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.