Touvier affair
TitoloThe Touvier affair
Autore
Call number940.53180944/0007
Numero oggetto03787e
Luogo di pubblicazioneHanover, New Hampshire, United States
Anno di pubblicazione
1996
Paginazionepp114-121
MaterialeArticle
SerieContemporary French Culture and Society
ISBN0874517419
NotesArticle from the book ' Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice' pp114-121
Descrizione
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