Listed in: Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, as LJST-356
Formerly listed as: LJST-56
Lawrence R. Douglas (Section 01)
(Research Seminar) This seminar will address some of the foundational questions posed by radical evil to the legal imagination. How have jurists attempted to understand the causes and logic of genocide, and the motives of its perpetrators? Is it possible to “do justice” to such extreme crimes? Is it possible to grasp the complexities of history in the context of criminal trial? What are the special challenges and responsibilities facing those who struggle to submit traumatic history to legal judgment? We will consider these questions by focusing specifically on a range of legal responses to the crimes of the Holocaust. Our examination will be broadly interdisciplinary, as we compare the efforts of jurists to master the problems of representation and judgment posed by extreme crimes with those of historians, social theorists, and artists. Readings will include original material from the Nuremberg, Eichmann, and Irving trials, and works by, among others, Hannah Arendt, Zygmunt Bauman, Christopher Browning, Primo Levi, and Art Spiegelman.
Limited to 15 students. Spring semester. Professor Douglas.
If Overenrolled: priority given to LJST Majors
Cost: $47.00 ?
Section 01
Tu 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM CHAP 103
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eichman in Jerusalem | Penguin | Hannah Arendt | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| War and Genocide | Rowman & Littlefield | Doris Bergen | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Ordinary Men | Harper Collins | Christopher Browning | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Right Wrong Man | Princeton U Press | Lawrence Douglas | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Hitler's Willing Executioners | Knopf | Daniel Goldhagen | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Crowned and the Saved | Vintage | Primo Levi | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Maus - Part 1 & 2 | Pantheon | Art Spiegelman | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.