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Frontmatter
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction: The Law in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 1
- 1. The Conundrum of Complicity: German Professionals and the Final Solution 15
- 2. Civil Service Lawyers and the Holocaust: The Case of Wilhelm Stuckart 37
- 3. Roland Freisler and the Volksgerichtshof: The Court as an Instrument of Terror 63
- 4. Guilt, Shame, Anger, Indignation: Nazi Law and Nazi Morals 89
- 5. Discrimination, Degradation, Defiance: Jewish Lawyers under Nazism 105
- 6. Evading Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity: Murderous Lawyers at Nuremberg 137
- 7. Judging German Judges in the Third Reich: Excusing and Confronting the Past 161
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Appendixes
- A. Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, 11 August 1919 191
- B. Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State (Reichstag Fire Decree), 28 February 1933 192
- C. Law to Remove the Distress of the People and the State (The Enabling Act), 23 March 1933 194
- D. Hitler’s Call for a Nazi Lawyers’ League, 12 September 1928 196
- E. Circular No. 8/1938 from Dr. Karl Leitmeyer, League of National Socialist Guardians of the Law, 4 March 1938 197
- F. Law Amending Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (Excerpts), 24 April 1934 199
- G. White Rose - Leaflet 5, February 1943 202
- H. The Sentencing of Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, 22 February 1943 204
- I. The Fate of Markus Luftglass: Excerpt from the Record of the Nuremberg Justice Case, October 1941 208
- J. Opinion and Sentence of the Nuremberg Special Court in the Case of Leo Katzenberger, 13 March 1942 211
- K. Testimony of Curt Rothenberger at the Nuremberg Justice Case (Excerpts), 1947 224
- L. Gustav Radbruch, “Statutory Lawlessness and Supra-Statutory Law” (excerpt), 1946 230
- CONTRIBUTORS 233
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 236
- INDEX 241
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction: The Law in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 1
- 1. The Conundrum of Complicity: German Professionals and the Final Solution 15
- 2. Civil Service Lawyers and the Holocaust: The Case of Wilhelm Stuckart 37
- 3. Roland Freisler and the Volksgerichtshof: The Court as an Instrument of Terror 63
- 4. Guilt, Shame, Anger, Indignation: Nazi Law and Nazi Morals 89
- 5. Discrimination, Degradation, Defiance: Jewish Lawyers under Nazism 105
- 6. Evading Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity: Murderous Lawyers at Nuremberg 137
- 7. Judging German Judges in the Third Reich: Excusing and Confronting the Past 161
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Appendixes
- A. Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, 11 August 1919 191
- B. Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State (Reichstag Fire Decree), 28 February 1933 192
- C. Law to Remove the Distress of the People and the State (The Enabling Act), 23 March 1933 194
- D. Hitler’s Call for a Nazi Lawyers’ League, 12 September 1928 196
- E. Circular No. 8/1938 from Dr. Karl Leitmeyer, League of National Socialist Guardians of the Law, 4 March 1938 197
- F. Law Amending Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (Excerpts), 24 April 1934 199
- G. White Rose - Leaflet 5, February 1943 202
- H. The Sentencing of Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, 22 February 1943 204
- I. The Fate of Markus Luftglass: Excerpt from the Record of the Nuremberg Justice Case, October 1941 208
- J. Opinion and Sentence of the Nuremberg Special Court in the Case of Leo Katzenberger, 13 March 1942 211
- K. Testimony of Curt Rothenberger at the Nuremberg Justice Case (Excerpts), 1947 224
- L. Gustav Radbruch, “Statutory Lawlessness and Supra-Statutory Law” (excerpt), 1946 230
- CONTRIBUTORS 233
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 236
- INDEX 241
