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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...skeptics who criticized the ex post facto nature of those restrictions, Nuremberg mainly proved that losing a war had become a crime under international law. Few recalled that some Allied leaders had wanted no trials???just summary executions. Nuremberg also produced a new U.N.-approved rule of civilized behavior: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him." The U.S. Manual of Courts-Martial

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Clamor Over Calley: Who Shares the Guilt? | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

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