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3 - Lenin at Nuremberg

Anti-Imperialism and the Juridification of Crimes against Humanity

from Part I - Imperialism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2021

By
Amanda Alexander
Edited by
Kathryn Greenman ,
Anne Orford ,
Anna Saunders  and
Ntina Tzouvala
Kathryn Greenman
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney
Anne Orford
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Anna Saunders
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
Ntina Tzouvala
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Summary

The Nuremberg trials stand as a pivotal moment in any history of international law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international human rights.1 As Teitel writes, ‘the trials at Nuremberg represented a unique historical crossroads for the three legal orders that form the humanity law framework’.2 By introducing crimes against humanity into international law, the trials are said to have contributed to the creation of a new normative order, aimed at protecting vulnerable humanity.3 For prosecuting individuals for these and other war crimes, they are presented as an example of the rationality and calm procedure of international law overcoming violence, power and the baser instincts of revenge.4

Keywords

Crimes against humanitycrimes against peaceNuremberg Trialsinternational criminal lawimperialismhistory of international law
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Revolutions in International Law
The Legacies of 1917
 , pp. 56 - 82
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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