Petrovic The Emergence of Historical Forensic Expertise

Clio Takes the Stand
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-134-99647-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 268 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Approaches to History

This book scrutinizes the role of historians participating as expert witnesses in the most important international and national legal ventures, with the aim of advancing the debate from discussions on whether historians should testify or not toward nuanced understanding of the history of the practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petrovic, Vladimir

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: Inception: Preconditions for Emergence of Historical Forensics

1. The Long Path to Forensic Historiography

2. The Great Shift: The Concept of Universal Human Rights

Part II: Improvisation: Framing Historical Forensic Contribution

3. Inquisitorial Paradigms Emerge: Historical Forensics and the Nazi Crimes

4. Adversarial Paradigms Emerge: Historical Forensics and Racial Discrimination

Part III: Intersection: Institutionalization of Historical Forensic Expertise

5. The Eichmann Trial and Institutionalization of Historians in the Adversarial Paradigm

6. The Auschwitz Trial and Institutionalization of Historians in the Inquisitorial Paradigm

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Vladimir Petrovic is a Historian at the Institute for Contemporary History in Belgrade, Serbia.