Hitler's justice : the courts of the Third Reich / Ingo Müller ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider.

Translation of: Furchtbare Juristen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index.

Prologue. "Time to raise an outcry" : German judges oppose the forces of reaction -- The enforcement of conformity -- The judges of the Weimar republic -- The German legal system from 1933 to 1945. The Reichstag Fire trial -- Jurists "coordinate" themselves -- The legal system during the state of emergency -- Treason and treachery : political opposition and the courts -- Purges at the bar -- Nazi jurisprudence -- Civil servant become the Führer's political troops -- Creation of the concentration camps -- "Protecting the race" -- The courts and eugenics -- The euthanasia program -- "Defenders of the law" : the Supreme Court as a court of appeals -- Arbitrary decisions in everyday life -- The People's Court -- Summary courts of the "Inner Front" : jurisdiction of the Special Courts -- "Correcting" decisions : the judicial system and the police -- The legal officers' corps : military courts in the Second World War -- Resistance from the bench -- The aftermath. Collapse and reconstruction -- Restoration in the legal system -- Coming to terms with the past -- The opposition goes on trial again -- Law schools -- Punishing Nazi criminals -- The deserving and the undeserving : reparations for the criminals and their victims -- Jurists on trial -- Injustice confirmed -- A latter-day "condemnation" of Nazi justice -- An attempt at an explanation.