Holocaust Denial and the Law: A Comparative Study

✍ Scribed by Robert Kahn

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 220
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Dilemmas of Denial relates how courts in four countries (Canada, France, Germany, and the United States) resolved the issues posed by Holocaust-denial litigation. It also explores the controversy that arose in the United States when some student editors decided to run ads denying the Holocaust in college newspapers. The book concludes that a given country's resolution of these dilemmas turns on its specific legal traditions and historical experiences.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 14
PART I THE DILEMMA OF PROOF......Page 24
1 Adversarialism, Inquisitorialism, and Judicial Notice......Page 26
2 The Holocaust as Hearsay?......Page 58
PART II THE DILEMMA OF TRIAL UNCERTAINTY......Page 74
3 Holocaust Denial, German Judges, and Political Scandal......Page 78
4 Taking the Blame for R. v. Zundel......Page 98
5 The Limits of Symbolic Legislation—The Gayssot Law......Page 114
PART III THE DILEMMA OF TOLERATION......Page 132
6 A Panacea of Toleration?......Page 134
7 The Hidden Benefit of Criminal Sanctions......Page 150
Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Holocaust-Denial Litigation......Page 166
Notes......Page 174
Bibliography......Page 204
B......Page 212
C......Page 213
F......Page 214
H......Page 215
J......Page 216
L......Page 217
P......Page 218
S......Page 219
Z......Page 220