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  1. Prosecuting state criminality after German unification. Judging the judges Contribution
    Werle, Gerhard; Vormbaum, Moritz (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 27-47
    Transitional justice German reunification Inter-German relations Offenses committed in public office Offenses against the administration of justice Criminal law Criminal procedure Judges Prosecuting and public attorney Trials: particular Political crimes Human rights
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  2. Malfeasance in office as a crime in the context of dictatorships. The example of judicial perversion of justice in the East German Waldheim Trials Contribution
    Cornelius, Kai (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 18-26
    Transitional justice Offenses committed in public office Offenses against the administration of justice Trials: particular Inter-German relations German reunification National Socialism Dictatorship War crimes Judges
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  3. Legal and epic alienation. Fritz Bauer’s critique of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial (1963-1965) and Peter Weiss’s dramatic treatment of the trial in the investigation. Oratorio in 11 cantos (1965) Journal Article
    Steitz, Kerstin (2025)
    In: Law & Literature, 37(1), pp. 187-210
    Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular National Socialism Arts Criminal law
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  4. Destruction of the rule of law in Nazi Germany. The people's court and the failure of post-war justice Contribution
    Safferling, Christoph J.M. (2024)
    In: Czarnecki, Pawel; Glogowska, Sonia; Górski, Adam; Sakowicz, Andrzej; Swiatlowski, Andrzej (Eds.), Hominum causa omne ius constitutum sit. Ksiega jubileuszowa Profesora Piotra Hofmanskiego, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa, pp. 683-691
    National Socialism Rule of law Offenses committed in public office Military occupation Military tribunals (international) Judiciary Trials: particular Legal history
  5. Belated justice: Judging the past to build the future Contribution
    Fronza, Emanuela (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 193-206
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Limitation of actions Aged Concentration camps Due process of law Punishment, Theories of
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  6. ‘Show/trials’: The performative aspect of the late prosecution of Nazi crimes Contribution
    Arnold, Stefan; Wilhelms, Kerstin (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 173-191
    National Socialism Trials: particular News media Concentration camps Sociological jurisprudence Criminal procedure Private prosecution Aged
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  7. Atrocity then, trial now: The aesthetics, acoustics, and visualities of prosecuting Oskar Gröning Contribution
    Fournet, Caroline; Drumbl, Mark (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 153-171
    National Socialism Concentration camps Holocaust / Shoah Witnesses Aged Criminal procedure Trials: particular
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  8. The guard and the secretary Contribution
    Douglas, Lawrence (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 123-131
    National Socialism Criminal law: complicity Crimes against humanity Genocide Concentration camps Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism Trials: particular Criminal procedure
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  9. Justifying the late punishment of elderly Nazi criminals from the perspective of punishment theory Contribution
    Köpcke, Tobias (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 103-121
    National Socialism Trials: particular Holocaust / Shoah Aged Punishment, Theories of Punishment, Purposes of
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  10. The role of the criminal defence in the last Nazi trials Contribution
    Ohnesorge, Rebecca (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 89-100
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Concentration camps News media Criminal procedure
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  11. Reflections on the late prosecution of Nazi crimes by a counsel for co-plaintiffs Contribution
    Rückel, Christoph (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 71-87
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Education Concentration camps Private prosecution
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  12. The verdict against Demjanjuk: A late correction Contribution
    Goetze, Kirsten (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 43-56
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism Concentration camps Criminal law: complicity Genocide Trials: particular European Court of Human Rights Criminal investigation
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  13. The Holocaust as the object of West German criminal justice Contribution
    Werle, Gerhard (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 23-41
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Limitation of actions Genocide Antisemitism Military tribunals (international) Criminal law: complicity Retroactive laws International criminal law
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  14. From the ‘Poison Cabinet’ to the forefront of national identity: (West) Germany’s engagement with Nazi mass crimes and the Holocaust since 1945 Contribution
    Köhler, Thomas (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 7-22
    National Socialism Trials: particular Criminal law: complicity Witnesses Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism History
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  15. Due process as the lawful response to the crimes of an unlawful regime Contribution
    Meier-Göring, Anne; Ohlmann-Frieling, Tino (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 59-69
    National Socialism Trials: particular Rule of law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: juveniles Evidence: criminal law Criminal law: attempt Due process of law
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