02631nam 2200541 450 991013602680332120230808200058.00-19-063418-90-19-936291-20-19-974916-7(CKB)3710000000908547(StDuBDS)EDZ0001579433(MiAaPQ)EBC4717508(EXLCZ)99371000000090854720161025h20162016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierHolocaust, genocide, and the law a quest for justice in a post-holocaust world /Michael BazylerFirst edition.New York, NY :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)This edition previously issued in print: 2016.0-19-066403-7 0-19-539569-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Genocide (International law)International criminal lawHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)InfluenceWorld War, 1939-1945Law and legislationGenocide (International law)International criminal law.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Influence.World War, 1939-1945Law and legislation.345.0251Bazyler Michael J.1164568MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136026803321Holocaust, genocide, and the law2715015UNINA