Touvier affair
TitelThe Touvier affair
Verfasser
Call number940.53180944/0007
Inventarnummer03787e
ErscheinungsortHanover, New Hampshire, United States
Erscheinungsjahr
1996
Seitenpp114-121
MaterialArtikel
SerieContemporary French Culture and Society
ISBN0874517419
NotesArticle from the book ' Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice' pp114-121
Beschreibung
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