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Holocaust Denial and the Law
R. Kahn
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Description for Holocaust Denial and the Law
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBWQ; HRAX; HRJ; JPA; JPB; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
From 1978-1996 Holocaust denial emerged as a major concern for the liberal democracies of Europe and North America. This period also saw the first prosecutions of Holocaust deniers. But these prosecutions often ran into trouble. Holocaust Denial and the Law relates how courts in four countries (Canada, France, Germany and the United States) resolved the dilemmas posed by Holocaust-denial litigation. It also describes how, in the United States, student editors had to decide whether to run ads denying the Holocaust. The book concludes that a given country's resolution of these dilemmas turns on its specific legal traditions and historical experiences. ... Read more
From 1978-1996 Holocaust denial emerged as a major concern for the liberal democracies of Europe and North America. This period also saw the first prosecutions of Holocaust deniers. But these prosecutions often ran into trouble. Holocaust Denial and the Law relates how courts in four countries (Canada, France, Germany and the United States) resolved the dilemmas posed by Holocaust-denial litigation. It also describes how, in the United States, student editors had to decide whether to run ads denying the Holocaust. The book concludes that a given country's resolution of these dilemmas turns on its specific legal traditions and historical experiences. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349528301
SKU
V9781349528301
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99-15
About R. Kahn
ROBERT A. KAHN earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University in 2000. He also holds a law degree from New York University School of Law and spent a year in Berlin as a Social Science Research Council Berlin Program Fellow. His articles have appeared in Patterns of Prejudice and the George Mason Civil Liberties Law Journal. After ... Read more
Reviews for Holocaust Denial and the Law
"Holocaust Denial and the Law is a very fine and impressive piece of work that deserves a wide audience. The book is very well-written, meticulously researched, and well-organized: it reads like a book, something one can rarely say these days about academic publications. Kahn makes a substantial contribution to the field of Holocaust denial studies with this elegant text about ... Read more