The Restoration of Justice in Postwar Hesse, 1945-1949

The Americans established four overarching goals with regard to the legal system: abolition of all National Socialist laws, destruction of all National Socialist courts, reestablishment of the German legal system as it stood before 1933, and the removal of all National Socialist legal personnel from...

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Published in:Central European history 2008, Vol.41 (2), p.330-332
Main Author: Gaab, Jeffrey S.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil liberties
Germany
Hesse
Judges & magistrates
Law
Legal reform
Legislation
Nonfiction
Politics
Post-war history
Regions
Social justice
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Summary:The Americans established four overarching goals with regard to the legal system: abolition of all National Socialist laws, destruction of all National Socialist courts, reestablishment of the German legal system as it stood before 1933, and the removal of all National Socialist legal personnel from the administration of justice. Accordingly, Szanajda divides his book, originally a Ph.D. dissertation written at McGill University, into four parts: justice during the Third Reich, American war-time preparations for justice during the occupation, the postwar restoration of the legal system, and the reinstatement of German legal personnel.
ISSN:0008-9389
1569-1616
DOI:10.1017/S0008938908000496