Holocaust Genocide and the Law

<p>A great deal of contemporary law has a direct connection to the Holocaust. That connection however is seldom acknowledged in legal texts and has never been the subject of a full-length scholarly work. This book examines the background of the Holocaust and genocide through the prism of the law; the criminal and civil prosecution of the Nazis and their collaborators for Holocaust-era crimes; and contemporary attempts to criminally prosecute perpetrators for the crime of genocide. It provides the history of the Holocaust as a legal event and sets out how genocide has become known as the "crime of crimes" under both international law and in popular discourse. It goes on to discuss specific post-Holocaust legal topics and examines the Holocaust as a catalyst for post-Holocaust international justice. Together this collection of subjects establishes a new legal discipline which the author Michael Bazyler labels "Post-Holocaust Law."</p>