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A. Matwijkiw / International Criminal Law Review 8 (2008) 713–718 713 A Very Meaningful Anniversary David A. Blumenthal, Timothy L.H. McCormack (eds.), Th e Legacy of Nurem- berg: Civilising Infl uence or Institutionalised Vengeance? , Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2008, xxvi + 338 pp. Although the editors’ main motivation for the book is to mark the 60th anniver- sary of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg, they use the special occasion as a springboard for thought-provoking analysis and critical assessment. It is a celebration with a serious agenda. Th e seventeen contributing authors, of which sixteen are from the academic and/or professional areas of law and one is a journalist, regard the IMT, citing the words of Rt. Hon. Sir Ninian Stephen, as a “profoundly signifi cant historical event” while, at the same time, acknowledging the need for detached observation and refl ection with a view to comparing the past and present justice equations. Th e common denominator is the authors’ sincere human rights advocacy paired with common sense realism, which can be diffi cult to distinguish from philo- sophical skepticism when it comes to Th e Evolutionary Judgment: has interna- tional humanitarian law and international criminal
International Criminal Law Review – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
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