On the Origins of Individual Criminal Responsibility under International Law for Business Activity
IG Farben on Trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12735657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Jessberger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 783-802 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-1395 • E-ISSN: 1478-1387 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jicj/mqq038 |
| OpenAlex | W1965443699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Over 60 years ago, the top management of the then largest corporation in Europe, the German conglomerate, IG Farben, stood trial before a US Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg. The trial brought to light the company’s deep involvement in Nazi crimes. The article presents the background of this landmark case, analyses the findings of the Tribunal and contextualizes the judgment from the perspectives of legal policy and contemporary history. The article concludes that the Farben case represents the first attempt to hold individuals accountable for their business activity under international criminal law and, thus, is a significant starting point for efforts, both academic and practical, to deal with individual criminal responsibility of business leaders today
Criminal court · Criminal justice · Criminal law · Criminal responsibility · Criminal trial · Economic Justice · Fair trial · Human rights · International law · Political science · Sociology · Corporate Law and Human Rights · Criminal Law and Policy · International Law and Human Rights · Law
Totalitärer Staat und freie Wirtschaft. Zu den Bedingungen von Freiheit in den Nürnberger Industriellenprozessen
Corporate Agents and Individual Criminal Liability under the Rome Statute
Corporations, international crimes and national courts
Developments in international criminal law and the case of business involvement in international crimes
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |