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Justice at Nuremberg

Leo Alexander and the Nazi Doctors’ Trial

  • Ulf Schmidt
Book

Part of the St Antony’s Series book series

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prologue
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 1-18
  3. The Austrian Jew
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 19-33
  4. The Émigré
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 34-72
  5. The War Crimes Investigator
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 73-104
  6. The Road to Nuremberg
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 105-159
  7. Constructing the Doctors’ Trial
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 160-198
  8. The Nuremberg Code
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 199-263
  9. Post-war Medical Ethics
    Ulf Schmidt
    Pages 264-297
  10. Back Matter
    Pages 298-386
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About this book

Introduction

This book traces the history of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial of 1946-47, through the eyes of the Austrian émigré psychiatrist Leo Alexander, whose investigations helped the US prosecution. Schmidt provides a detailed insight into the origins of human rights in medical science and into the changing role of international law, ethics and politics.

Keywords

Austria history human rights medical ethics

Authors and affiliations

  • Ulf Schmidt
    • 1
  1. 1.University of KentCanterburyUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505247
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-0-230-00641-6
  • Online ISBN 978-0-230-50524-7
  • Buy this book on publisher's site