Vormbaum The Last Nazi Trials

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-662-69636-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, eBook

80 years after the Nuremberg trial, the prosecution of Nazi perpetrators has effectively come to an end. Examining the last Nazi trials in Germany from a multidisciplinary perspective, the present volume addresses key aspects of the judicial phenomenon of ('late prosecution'), links the issue to the international discourse on transitional justice, and contributes to current debates in academia and society at large.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vormbaum, Moritz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: The Late Prosecution of Nazi Crimes Part I: Historical Context: 2 From the ‘Poison Cabinet’ to the Forefront of National Identity: (West) Germany’s Engagement with Nazi Mass Crimes and the Holocaust Since 1945 3 The Holocaust as the Object of West German Criminal Justice 4 The Verdict Against Demjanjuk: A Late Correction Part II: Trials: 5 Due Process as the Lawful Response to the Crimes of an Unlawful Regime 6 Reflections on the Late Prosecution of Nazi Crimes by a Counsel for Co-Plaintiffs 7 The Role of the Criminal Defence in the Last Nazi Trials Part III: Legal Questions: 8 Justifying the Late Punishment of Elderly Nazi Criminals from the Perspective of Punishment Theory 9 The Guard and the Secretary 10 Belated Justice without Punishment: The Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals in Italy Part IV: Visualities and Effects: 11 Atrocity Then, Trial Now: The Aesthetics, Acoustics, and Visualities of Prosecuting Oskar Gröning 12 ‘Show/Trials’: The Performative Aspect of the Late Prosecution of Nazi Crimes 13 Belated Justice: Judging the Past to Build the Future 14 The Pedagogical Potential of the Late Prosecution of Nazi Crimes, Or: When in Doubt, Embrace the Doubt Part V: Experiences from the Global South: 15 The Chilean Experience: Prosecuting the Crimes against Humanity Committed under the Pinochet Dictatorship 16 Late Prosecution in South Africa 17 Addressing the Past in a Conflicted Democracy: The Case of Ghana

Über Autor(innen)

Moritz Vormbaum is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and International Criminal Law at the University of Mu¨nster (Germany). Before assuming his current position, he was Senior Researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, as well as a coordinator and lecturer at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.