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200 04$aThe law in Nazi Germany$b[electronic resource] $eideology, opportunism, and the perversion of justice /$fedited by Alan E. Steinweis and Robert D. Rachlin
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215   $a1 online resource (256 p.)
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236-240) and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330   $aWhile 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,
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