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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136026803321

Autore

Bazyler Michael J.

Titolo

Holocaust, genocide, and the law : a quest for justice in a post-holocaust world / / Michael Bazyler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-063418-9

0-19-936291-2

0-19-974916-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

345.0251

Soggetti

Genocide (International law)

International criminal law

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence

World War, 1939-1945 - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The holocaust : a legal history -- Naming the crime : genocide -- Prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg -- National prosecutions of Nazi war criminals -- Civil litigation for the financial crimes of the holocaust -- Holocaust denial and the law -- The impact of the holocaust on post-holocaust legal philosophy -- Nuremberg's legacy : the UN Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the International Criminal Court -- Prosecuting genocide.

Sommario/riassunto

This work examines the background of the Holocaust and genocide through the prism of the law; the criminal and civil prosecution of the Nazis and their collaborators for Holocaust-era crimes; and contemporary attempts to criminally prosecute perpetrators for the crime of genocide. It provides the history of the Holocaust as a legal event, and sets out how genocide has become known as the 'crime of crimes' under both international law and in popular discourse.