Touvier affair
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The Touvier affair
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.53180944/0007
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03787e
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University Press of New England
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1996
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp114-121
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Contemporary French Culture and Society
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0874517419
NotesArticle from the book ' Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice' pp114-121
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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