The Nuremberg Trials

• Class number: 11932
• Term: Fall 2008
• Instructor:
  • Robert L. Birmingham

This seminar is a strudy of war crime trials held in the aftermath of World War II, in their legal and social contexts: from the law of the late Weimer Republic (c. 1928-1933) and the Third Reich (1933-1945); through the Nuremberg Trials (1945-1949) and that of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961; to related domestic litigation under the Alien Tort Claims Act and otherwise.

Course Schedule

• Date: Friday 10:30-12:30AM
• Location: Chase 210

Course Information

• Catalog number-Section number: 7759-01
• Course Type: Seminar
• Prerequisites: None
• Credits (min/max): 2/2
• Subjects:
  • Legal History
  • Human Rights

Enrollment

• Enrollment status: Open
• Current enrollment/capacity: 15/18
• Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
• Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

• Grade basis: Graded
• Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
• Exam type: NO EXAM