1. Nuremberg Trials - Law or Exercise and Arbitrary Power
The Nuremberg Trials following the Second World War are often subjected to a problematic question: were they the application of actual law or simply the exercise of arbitrary power? ... However, there is strong evidence that they were simply the exercise of arbitrary power by the Western Allies. ... This led many of the defendants to argue that the Allies were simply exercising arbitrary power instead of just law. ... If this were the case, then Bentham would arguably agree with Hart and Fuller that the trials were simply the exercise of arbitrary power. ... Even though the defendants may have...
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