The Law in Nazi Germany

<ul> <li> Offers concise and compelling account of how intelligent and well-educated legal professionals lent their skills and knowledge to a system of oppression and domination</li> <li> Addresses why German lawyers and jurists were attracted to Nazism how their support of the regime resulted from a combination of ideological conviction careerist opportunism and legalistic self-delusion and the extent to which they were held accountable for their Nazi-era actions after 1945</li> <li> Examines experiences of Jewish lawyers who fell victim to anti-semitic measures </li></ul>