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Pre-Nuremberg Law

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Orsorum

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I am looking for books (right now) that would focus on international criminal law pre-Nuremberg, then picking up my current study on Nuremberg, then moving to the present day. Any ideas as to books to look for? Any and all suggestions are greatly welcome.

(yes, I already tried in the News and Politics forum, but I only got some half-assed response from some liberal Bush-hater)
 
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Have you tried your local library? Maybe a law library at a university?
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The irony of it all is that I have the University of Washington law library about a ten-minute bike ride from here.
 
Originally posted by: Orsorum
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Have you tried your local library? Maybe a law library at a university?
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The irony of it all is that I have the University of Washington law library about a ten-minute bike ride from here.
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Ah. So in other words you're neffing.
 
Originally posted by: dolph
actually, i think it was all ad hoc before. but keep us posted, i'd like to find out for sure.
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I agree. I cannot think of any laws being set up before Nuremberg.

 
Originally posted by: KingNothing

Ah. So in other words you're neffing.
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No, I'm actually interested to see if anyone here knows anything about the subject. Always easier to consult other people than to wade through volumes on your own.
 
"Always easier to consult other people than to wade through volumes on your own."

Amen brother! The way I see it, is that SOMEONE out there knows exactly what I'm asking about. Or they can at least point me in the right direction.
The internet has reduced my attention span to that of a seven year old. 😱
 
Originally posted by: Blain
"Always easier to consult other people than to wade through volumes on your own."

Amen brother! The way I see it, is that SOMEONE out there knows exactly what I'm asking about. Or they can at least point me in the right direction.
The internet has reduced my attention span to that of a seven year old. 😱
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I have the attention span of at least a 12-year-old, but I quite literally don't have time to sort through everything. Or maybe I have to make time. Hmmm.
 
International Law really took off after WWII.

The League of Nations was a crippled international agency that couldn't do anything without a unanimous vote, therefore could not do anything.

The concept of War Crimes was pretty much invented by the Nuremburg trials.
 
If your focus leads up to Nuremberg, perhaps you should look into the older Rules / Laws of War in previous centuries and the treatment of nobles / gentry vs. peons, with the gentry getting the surrender and the ransoming and the flaven.

At times there were some fairly elaborate codes of conduct between nobles, even of different faiths (Christian vs. Muslim). There were apparently also standard terms offered when a city was under siege.

I can't be more specific since I've mainly picked up bits & pieces from reading military SF 🙂
 
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