Touvier affair
TitelThe Touvier affair
Auteur
Call number940.53180944/0007
Objectnummer03787e
Plaats van uitgaveHanover, New Hampshire, United States
UitgeverUniversity Press of New England
Jaar van uitgave
1996
Pagina'spp114-121
MateriaalArtikel
ReeksContemporary French Culture and Society
ISBN0874517419
NotesArticle from the book ' Memory, the Holocaust, and French justice' pp114-121
Beschrijving
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