Physical Description
xviii, 349 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
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.
ISBN
0674404181
Notes
Translation of: Furchtbare Juristen.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-342) and index.
