THE NUREMBERG TRIALS—THE VICTOR’S RETRIBUTION OR A REVOLUTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW?
THE NUREMBERG TRIALS—THE VICTOR’S RETRIBUTION OR A REVOLUTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW? INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND November 20th, 1945, saw opening statements in the Palace of Justice in the city of Nuremberg, Germany. An Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Robert Jackson, handpicked by President Truman in Executive Order 9547, laid out as…