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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821720303321

Titolo

The law in Nazi Germany : ideology, opportunism, and the perversion of justice / / edited by Alan E. Steinweis and Robert D. Rachlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

1-78238-921-0

0-85745-781-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

Classificazione

NQ 2230

Altri autori (Persone)

SteinweisAlan E

RachlinRobert D

Disciplina

349.4309/043

349.4309043

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Germany - History

Law - Germany - History

National socialism - Moral and ethical aspects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Jewish lawyers - Germany - History - 1933-1945

Jews - Persecutions - Germany - History

Germany Politics and government 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The conundrum of complicity : German professionals and the final solution / Konrad H. Jarausch -- Civil service lawyers and the Holocaust : the case of Wilhelm Stuckart / Hans-Christian Jasch -- Roland Freisler and the Volksgerichtshof : the court as an instrument of terror / Robert D. Rachlin -- Guilt, shame, anger, indignation : Nazi law and Nazi morals / Raphael Gross -- Discrimination, degradation, defiance : Jewish lawyers under Nazism / Douglas G. Morris -- Evading responsibility for crimes against humanity : murderous lawyers at Nuremberg / Harry Reicher -- Judging German judges in the Third Reich : excusing and confronting the past / Kenneth F. Ledford.

Sommario/riassunto

While we often tend to think of the Third Reich as a zone of lawlessness, the Nazi dictatorship and its policies of persecution rested on a legal foundation set in place and maintained by judges, lawyers,



and civil servants trained in the law. This volume offers a concise and compelling account of how these intelligent and welleducated legal professionals lent their skills and knowledge to a system of oppression and domination. The chapters address why German lawyers and jurists were attracted to Nazism; how their support of the regime resulted from a combination of ideological conviction,