Judicializing history: Mass crimes trials and the historian as expert witness in West Germany, Cambodia, and Bangladesh
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Gidley, Rebecca; Turner, Mathew
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Henry Rousso warned that the engagement of historians as expert witnesses in trials, particularly highly politicized proceedings of mass crimes, risks a judicialization of history. This article tests Rousso's argument through analysis of three quite different case studies: the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial; the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia; and the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh. It argues that Rousso's objections misrepresent the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, while...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2018 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/160902 |
Source: | Genocide Studies and Prevention |
DOI: | 10.5038/1911-9933.12.3.1566 |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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