Crimes Of War: A Personal Account Of The Horrors Revealed By An Investigation Of A Nazi War Criminal

Watson, Peter

Journal: ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Volume: 4

First Page: 683

Year: 1998

Bluebook Citation: 4 ILSA J. INT'L & COMP. L. 683 (1998)

Author: Peter Watson: all 3 publications


Abstract

Crimes of war pose an inherent contradiction. They demand justice, but we find ourselves uneasy at putting our enemies on trial. Since Nuremburg, such issues have challenged our morality and confronted our conscience. Is it that we recoil from the spoils of the victor, taking illegitimate advantage of the vanquished?

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