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

• Autore: Bazyler Michael J.
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 345.0251
• Soggetto topico: Genocide (International law); International criminal law; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence; World War, 1939-1945 - Law and legislation
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Holocaust, genocide, and the law
• ISBN: 0-19-063418-9; 0-19-936291-2; 0-19-974916-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136026803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II