
The Nuremberg Trials: Complete Tribunal Proceedings (V. 5)
Courtroom Evidence, War Crimes Testimony, and the Foundations of International Criminal LawBy International Military TribunalLength22h 28m
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The Nuremberg Trials: Complete Tribunal Proceedings (Vol. 5) preserves, in authoritative documentary form, another crucial sequence of the International Military Tribunal's case against the principal Nazi leaders. Its pages bring together courtroom examinations, cross-examinations, legal submissions, rulings, and evidentiary discussions, allowing readers to observe how the prosecution constructed criminal responsibility from documentary records, testimony, and the organizational structures of the Third Reich. The volume's formal, adversarial transcript possesses a distinctive literary character: restrained, procedural, and cumulative, it belongs simultaneously to the history of international law, the documentary record of the Second World War, and the emergence of modern human-rights jurisprudence. Compiled under the authority of the International Military Tribunal, the volume reflects the unprecedented effort of the Allied powers to subject state leaders and institutions to public judicial scrutiny after the collapse of Nazi Germany. The proceedings were shaped by the tribunal's founding charter and by the practical necessity of translating immense political and historical crimes into legally intelligible charges. As a result, the book illuminates not only the defendants' conduct but also the intellectual and institutional origins of postwar international criminal justice. This volume is indispensable for students and scholars of modern history, constitutionalism, genocide studies, and international law. It rewards close reading as both a primary source and a study in legal rhetoric, revealing how evidence becomes historical judgment. Readers seeking a rigorous, unmediated understanding of Nuremberg's enduring significance will find it an essential companion to interpretive histories of the trial.
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GenrePolitics and Government
Length22 hrs 28 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Nuremberg Trials: Complete Tribunal Proceedings (V. 9)
2Nuremberg Trials: Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (V. 5)
3PREFACE
4THIRTIETH DAY Wednesday, 9 January 1946
5Morning Session
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6Afternoon Session
7THIRTY-FIRST DAY Thursday, 10 January 1946
8Morning Session
9Afternoon Session
10THIRTY-SECOND DAY Friday, 11 January 1946
11Morning Session
12Afternoon Session
13THIRTY-THIRD DAY Monday, 14 January 1946: Morning Session
14THIRTY-FOURTH DAY Tuesday, 15 January 1946
15Morning Session
16Afternoon Session
17THIRTY-FIFTH DAY Wednesday, 16 January 1946
18Morning Session
19Afternoon Session
20THIRTY-SIXTH DAY Thursday, 17 January 1946
21Morning Session
22Afternoon Session
23THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY Friday, 18 January 1946
24Morning Session
25Afternoon Session
26THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY Saturday, 19 January 1946: Morning Session
27THIRTY-NINTH DAY Monday, 21 January 1946
28Morning Session
29Afternoon Session