
The Nuremberg Trials: Complete Tribunal Proceedings (V. 11)
Documentary Evidence, Witness Testimony, and the Foundations of International Criminal LawBy International Military TribunalLength30h 12m
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The Nuremberg Trials: Complete Tribunal Proceedings (V. 11) preserves a substantial portion of the International Military Tribunal's historic record, presenting the courtroom's carefully translated exchanges, documentary evidence, legal submissions, witness testimony, and judicial rulings. Its style is necessarily formal and forensic: rather than offering retrospective narrative, it allows argument to emerge through the disciplined procedures of an international court. Read within the literary and historiographical context of postwar documentary publishing, the volume is both a primary source and a foundational text in the development of international criminal law, revealing how the Tribunal confronted aggressive war, criminal organizations, and state-sponsored atrocity through evidentiary reasoning. The International Military Tribunal was established by the Allied powers after the Second World War to prosecute leading figures of Nazi Germany. This institutional authorship is significant: the volume reflects not a single author's interpretation but the collective labor of judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, translators, clerks, and witnesses. Its compilation arose from the urgent postwar effort to establish a public, authoritative record of crimes whose scale challenged existing legal and moral categories, while also articulating principles that could govern future tribunals. This volume is indispensable for readers seeking direct engagement with the Nuremberg process rather than simplified summaries of it. Scholars of modern history, jurisprudence, political ethics, genocide studies, and international relations will find an exceptionally rich evidentiary resource, while general readers can observe how law attempts to render collective violence intelligible and accountable. It rewards patient, critical reading and remains vital to understanding both the achievements and unresolved tensions of international justice.
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GenrePolitics and Government
Length30 hrs 12 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 28, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Annotated)
2ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST DAY (Thursday, 16 May 1946)
3Morning Session
4Afternoon Session
5ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND DAY (Friday, 17 May 1946)
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6Morning Session
7Afternoon Session
8ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD DAY (Saturday, 18 May 1946): Morning Session
9ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOURTH DAY (Monday, 20 May 1946)
10Morning Session
11Afternoon Session
12ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH DAY (Tuesday, 21 May 1946)
13Morning Session
14Afternoon Session
15ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH DAY (Wednesday, 22 May 1946)
16Morning Session
17Afternoon Session
18ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 23 May 1946)
19Morning Session
20Afternoon Session
21ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY (Friday, 24 May 1946)
22Morning Session
23Afternoon Session
24ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH DAY (Monday, 27 May 1946)
25Morning Session
26Afternoon Session
27ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH DAY (Tuesday, 28 May 1946)
28Morning Session
29Afternoon Session