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Author Heller, Kevin Jon.

Title The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the origins of international criminal law / Kevin Jon Heller.

Pub Info Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Table of Contents
 List of Abbreviationsxi
 Table of Casesxiii
 Table of Instrumentsxvi
 Introduction1
1.From the IMT to the Zonal Trials9
2.The OCC and the Tribunals25
3.The Evolution of the Trial Program43
4.The Trials85
5.Jurisdiction and Legal Character of the Tribunals107
6.Evidence139
7.Procedure159
8.Crimes Against Peace179
9.War Crimes203
10.Crimes Against Humanity231
11.Modes of Participation251
12.Conspiracy, Enterprise Liability, and Criminal Membership275
13.Defenses295
14.Sentencing313
15.Aftermath331
16.Legacy369
 Conclusion399
Appendix A Table of Defendants403
Appendix B Charter of the International Military Tribunal465
Appendix C Control Council Law No. 10473
Appendix D Ordinance No. 7477
Appendix E Uniform Rules of Procedure483
 Bibliography487
 Index493
Call no. 341.690268 HELL
Phys. Description xviii, 509 pages ; 24 cm
Content Type text
Format Type volume
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages [487]-492) and index.
Subject Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
War crime trials -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- History -- 20th century.
International crimal law -- History.
ISBN 9780199554317
0199554315
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