New Perspectives on Nazi Law

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Benson, Carolyn ; Fink, Julian:
New Perspectives on Nazi Law.
In: Jurisprudence. Bd. 3 (2012) Heft 2 . - S. 341-346.
ISSN 2040-3321
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5235/Jurisprudence.3.2.341

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Abstract

It is beyond doubt that the legal system established by the Nazi government in Germany between 1933-1945 represented a gross departure from the rule of law: the Nazis eradicated legal security and certainty; allowed for judicial and state arbitrariness; blocked epistemic access to what the law requires; issued unpredictable legal requirements; and so on. This introduction outlines the distorted nature of the Nazi legal system and looks at the main factors that contributed to this grave divergence.