Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195395693)

A great deal of contemporary law has a direct connection to the Holocaust. That connection, however, is seldom acknowledged in legal texts and has never been the subject of a full-length scholarly work. This book 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. It goes on to discuss specific post-Holocaust legal topics, and examines the Holocaust as a catalyst for post-Holocaust international justice. Together, this collection of subjects establishes a new legal discipline, which the author Michael Bazyler labels "Post-Holocaust Law."

Author: Michael Bazyler
ISBN-10: 0195395697
ISBN-13: 9780195395693
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 11/22/2016
Pages: 394
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d