 ... to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter here provides, the order may be urged in mitigation of the punishment. The true test, which is found in varying degrees in the criminal law of most nations, is not the existence of the order, but whether...  Final Report to the Secretary of the Army on Nuernberg War Crimes Trials ... - Page 146by Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Office, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, Telford Taylor - 1950 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1953 - 1102 pages
...c.) : «The provisions of this article — art. 8 — are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation of the international law of war has nevrr been recognized as a defence to such acts of brutaliy. The true lesl. which ifoiind in varying... | |
 | Dr. J. H. W. Verziji - 1978 - 572 pages
...mitigation of punishment.' The provisions of this Article are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation...international law of war has never been recognized as a defence to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter here provides, the order may be urged in... | |
 | Thomas Scanlon, Richard B. Brandt - 1974 - 196 pages
...orders. . . . The provisions of ... Article [Eight] are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation...international law of war has never been recognized as a defence to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter here provides, the order may be urged in... | |
 | Leslie C. Green - 1976 - 406 pages
...commenting on the statement in the Charter that this was in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation...International Law of war has never been recognized as a defence to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter here provides, the order may be urged in... | |
 | Nico Keijzer - 1978 - 352 pages
...never been recognized as a defence to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter here provides, the order may be urged in mitigation of the punishment. The true test, which is found in varying degrees in the criminal law of most nations, is not the existence of the... | |
 | Ellen Frey-Wouters, Robert S. Laufer - 1986 - 480 pages
...tribunal pointed out: The provisions of this article are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation...recognized as a defense to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter. . . provides, the order may be urged in mitigation of the punishment. The true test,... | |
 | Ellen Frey-Wouters, Robert S. Laufer - 1986 - 486 pages
...never been recognized as a defense to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter. . . provides, the order may be urged in mitigation of the punishment. The true test, which is found in varying degrees in the criminal law of most nations, is not the existence of the... | |
 | Yoram Dinstein - 1989 - 398 pages
...passage: The provisions of this Article [Article 8] are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation of the international law or war has never been recognized as a defence to such acts of 44. This Article says: The subordinate... | |
 | Larry May, Stacey Hoffman - 1991 - 310 pages
...orders. . . . The provisions of ... Article [Eight] are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered to kill or torture in violation...recognized as a defense to such acts of brutality, though, as the Charter here provides, the order may be urged in mitigation of the punishment. The true test,... | |
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