Touvier affair
TitleThe Touvier affair
Author
Call number940.53180944/0007
Object number03787e
Place of publicationHanover, New Hampshire, United States
PublisherUniversity Press of New England
Year of publication
1996
Physical descriptionpp114-121
MaterialArticle
Series titleContemporary French Culture and Society
ISBN0874517419
NotesArticle from the book ' Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice' pp114-121
Description
Discusses the definition of crimes against humanity. The judges in the Touvier case based their verdict on two types of argument, without ever openly contesting the idea of crimes against humanity. The court sought to absolve and even to exonerate Vichy. The judges issued with their ruling a lengthy analysis of French politics during the war