Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World

By Michael J. Bazyler

Book Overview

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."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190664037
• ISBN13: 9780190664039
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"