LAWS110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Procedural Justice, Geneva Conventions
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The case is heard in post war germany. The defendant is accused of attempted murder for informing the german authorities of the anti-nazi statements of her husband while home on leave. Her defence is that she was following the law at the time. He is tried in a short trial, sentenced to death. Eastern front is collapsing, he is sent back. He lays a criminal case against her of attempted murder. The criminal law had not changed largely due to murder. She was following the law at the time. At the time nazi law was in place. The 1938 statute- it was the law at the time. She reported something that wasn"t a crime. Since the law was so repugnant could it be a law. No other option due to a climate of fear. ~ work by people dobbing in (informing) on their neighbours.
