OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 52020

Nuremberg defense

/ˈnjʊəɹəmbəːɡ dɪˈfɛns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
defensa Núremberg
An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so.
Recognition of the reliance on an official interpretation of the law defense for government officials and private citizens may initially seem to be the same as the Nuremberg defens…
“‘Nuremberg defense’, universally pleaded in war crimes trials,” is in actuality the Nuremberg nondefense, universally rejected in war crimes trials. It is a pity that the law of t…
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