Justice at Nuremberg: Leo Alexander and the Nazi Doctors' Trial

by Ulf Schmidt

Book Overview

This book traces the history of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial of 1946-47, through the eyes of the Austrian migr psychiatrist Leo Alexander, whose investigations helped the US prosecution. Schmidt provides a detailed insight into the origins of human rights in medical science and into the changing role of international law, ethics and politics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0027DMUYM
• ISBN13: 9780333921470
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"