Retroactive Law and Proactive Justice

Debating Crimes against Humanity in Germany, 1945–1950

Bibliographic Data

ID9645951
AuthorsDevin O Pendas (Boston College, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume43
Issue3
Pages428-463
Publication date2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCentral European History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008938910000361
OpenAlexW2094392616
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited33

The Nuremberg Trial may well be the most famous trial of the twentieth century, which is as it should be. After all, the Nuremberg Trial, while perhaps not as unprecedented as is frequently assumed, did mark a decisive turning point in the history of international law. It marked the first broadly successful attempt to impose the rule of law not just on the conduct of war but also, in a limited way, on domestic atrocities as well. The fame of this single trial has had the unfortunate side-effect of overshadowing the literally thousands of other Nazi trials that took place after World War II, however. These additional trials can be divided into three categories: those that took place in the domestic courts of victim nations, those that took place in occupation courts, and, perhaps least well-known, those that took place in German courts

Crimes against humanity · Economic Justice · German · Humanity · International law · Nazism · Nuremberg trials · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Turning point · War crime · World War II · European history and politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy

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