Touvier affair
TítuloThe Touvier affair
Autor
Call number940.53180944/0007
Número del objeto03787e
Lugar de publicaciónHanover, New Hampshire, United States
EditorialUniversity Press of New England
Año de publicación
1996
Paginaciónpp114-121
MaterialArticle
SerieContemporary French Culture and Society
ISBN0874517419
NotesArticle from the book ' Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice' pp114-121
Descripción
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