Description

In this book, contributors go in-depth to analyze the 'crime of aggression', 'crimes against humanity' and their applicability in the context of the invasion of Ukraine.
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine brings the principles of Nuremberg to the forefront of discussions on justice, raising questions about the feasibility of Nuremberg-style accountability. The book touches upon the abduction of Ukrainian children and the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage. Contributors also discuss the topic of war crime tribunals after Nuremberg, including Timor and former Yugoslavia, as well as tribunals in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and others leading up to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Including essays by Oleksandra Matviichuk, the Ukrainian Nobel Laureate, and Ambassador Dr. Anton Korynevych, Ukrainian minister and specialist in international law, this book considers the contemporary relevance of the Nuremberg principles in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Christoph Safferling

Foreword by Eli Rosenbaum

Introduction
Herbert Reginbogin and Marshall Breger

Part One: The Historical and Legal National Perspectives of the Crime of Aggression at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg, 1945-1946

Chapter 1
The Soviet Role in the Nuremberg Trials and Why It Matters Today
Francine Hirsch

Chapter 2
The British Perspective
Toby Simpson

Chapter 3
The French Perspective
Herve Ascensio

Chapter 4
The German Perspective
Stafanie Bock

Chapter 5
The American Perspective
Michael Bazyler and Aubrey Butler

Part Two: The Nuremberg Principles: Trial of the Doctors and Judges'- Reflections on Medical Ethics the Rule of Law, 1946 -1947

Chapter 6
Thanatology and the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial: Conceptualizing the 'Science of Killing'
Ulf Schmidt

Chapter 7
The Judges Trials: The Lawlessness of the Rule of Law
Christoph Safferling

Part 3: The Legacy of Nuremberg Principles Ad-Hoc Tribunals

Chapter 8
Locating Legitimacy in the Structural Design of International and Internationalized Criminal Tribunals
Michael Kelly

Chapter 9
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Its Controversial Legacy
Gerd Hankel

Chapter 10
The Nuremberg Legacy in East Timor, Indonesia, and Cambodia
David Cohen

Part 4: Nuremberg Law Principles and Contemporary Challenges: Continuity or Change?

Chapter 11
The USA and International Criminal Law After 80 Years: Continuity or Change from Victor's Justice to the Rule of Law
Herbert R. Reginbogin

Chapter 12
Crime of Aggression and Other Core Crimes
Lawrence Douglas

Part 5: Implementing the Nuremberg Principles in the Contemporary Context of the Criminalization of War Crimes and Current International Humanitarian Codes of War

Chapter 13
The Nuremberg Principles and Constraints on Armed Conflict: Change and Continuity in the Effort to Limit Warfare in World History
Michael Bryant

Chapter 14
The Unlawful Transfer and Deportation of Children
Noelle Quénivet

Chapter 15
A Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine Beyond the Nuremberg Principles?
Vaios Koutroulis

Part 6: The Nuremberg Principles: Theology – Philosophy- Reconciliation

Chapter 16
Meditation on Truth, Memory, Justice, and Deterrence
Marshall Breger

Chapter 17
The Just and the Unjust, the Russian War on Ukraine: A Theological Perspective of Law and Morality
Mark Morozowich

Chapter 18
Russia's Holy War: Ukraine and the Orthodox Churches
Yuri Stoyanov

Part 7: Ukraine's Nuremberg – War Crime Issues

Chapter 19
The Genocide Convention and the Russia-Ukraine War
Kristina Hook

Chapter 20
Seeking Accountability for International Crimes Committed in Russia's War of Aggression against Ukraine: Domestically, before the ICC and in Third States
Isabelle Hassfurther

Chapter 21
Sanctions through the private sector: Investment Arbitration as a Legal Mechanism Under the REPO Act
Eric Chang

Chapter 22
The Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
Anton Korynevych, Tymur Korotkyi, and Nataliia Hendel

Chapter 23
Russia's War of Aggression against Ukraine and the Crime of Aggression
Claus Kress

Chapter 24
Evidence Collection for War Crimes in Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk

Part 8: Reflections

Chapter 25
The Nuremberg Principles: A Unique Legal Inheritance
Viviane E. Dittrich and Kiran Menon

Chapter 26
How the Ukraine Situation Is Testing the International Criminal Court
Leila Sadat and Jack Hueseman

Chapter 27
From Nuremberg to Kyiv: Four Puzzles of Aggression and Accountability
David Luban

Concluding Remarks
Beyond the Past Lessons and Visions of Nuremberg Principles: Providing Peace, Security, and Justice for Ukraine and the World in the 21st Century
Herbert Reginbogin and Marshall Breger

About the Editors and Contributors

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 07 Aug 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 432
ISBN 9781666960778
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 2 b/w lineart images
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Marshall J. Breger

MARSHALL J. BREGER is Professor of Law at the Cath…

Anthology Editor

Herbert R. Reginbogin

Herbert R. Reginbogin is a Collegiate law fellow a…

Contributor

Herbert R. Reginbogin

Herbert R. Reginbogin is a Collegiate law fellow a…

Contributor

Marshall J. Breger

MARSHALL J. BREGER is Professor of Law at the Cath…

Contributor

Francine Hirsch

Contributor

Toby Simpson

Contributor

Herve Ascensio

Contributor

Stafanie Bock

Contributor

Michael Bazyler

Contributor

Aubrey Butler

Contributor

Ulf Schmidt

Ulf Schmidt is Senior Professor of Modern History…

Contributor

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly is Professor of Philosophy at the Un…

Contributor

Gerd Hankel

Contributor

David Cohen

David Cohen is the WSD Handa Professor of Human Ri…

Contributor

Michael S. Bryant

Michael S. Bryant is Professor of History and Lega…

Contributor

Mark Morozowich

Contributor

Yuri Stoyanov

Contributor

Kristina Hook

Contributor

Eric Chang

Contributor

Tymur Korotkyi

Contributor

Nataliia Hendel

Contributor

Claus Kress

Contributor

Kiran Menon

Contributor

Leila Sadat

Contributor

Jack Hueseman

Related Titles

Environment: Staging