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In this book, we will examine one of the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. The Justice Case, as it is called, was the basis of the 1960 movie "Judgment at Nuremburg". In this case, members of the German Judiciary were tried for their involvement in war crimes.We will be focusing on a major legal issue with regard to this trial. Namely, the ability of the Court to exert Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction – and indeed the crimes – were in many ways unprecedented. Yes, war crimes trials did occur after the First World War. But these crimes were committed on the orders of, and on behalf of, the Nazi ...

We are experiencing a sense of déjà vu. The era of Totalitarian Authoritarians, which we thought had been largely eliminated as a major factor at the end of the Second World War, has made a comeback. Why has this resurgence of dictatorship occurred? What is even more frightening is that this growth of dictatorship has been led by ostensibly democratic systems, largely in the United States and Europe. One of the major targets of any dictatorship is the Judiciary. If the authoritarian regime is successful in making the Judiciary cower in weakness, then, as we saw in Nazi Germany, the ...

In this book, we will be discussing the Rule of Law. More to the point, we will be discussing the threats to the Rule of Law – threats by newly resurgent Authoritarian Partisan Governments or Opposition Parties to eliminate Justice, Liberty and Democracy.