Touvier affair
TitreThe Touvier affair
Auteur
Call number940.53180944/0007
N° d'objet03787e
Lieu de publicationHanover, New Hampshire, United States
Année de publication
1996
Paginationpp114-121
MatérielArticle
SérieContemporary 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