Outlawing Genocide Denial: The Dilemmas of Official Historical TruthGuenter Lewy
The question posed by Lewy in this solid, scholarly study remains intractable. Should governments use their power to establish legally-binding definitions of historical truth? Are there certain events (or series of events) that are beyond dispute and so dangerous to deny that they require the coerci...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-141 |
| Review of: | Outlawing genocide denial (Salt Lake City, Utha : Univ. of Utah Press, 2014) (Kleiman, Jeff)
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| Summary: | The question posed by Lewy in this solid, scholarly study remains intractable. Should governments use their power to establish legally-binding definitions of historical truth? Are there certain events (or series of events) that are beyond dispute and so dangerous to deny that they require the coercive power of the state? If we accept this, then people who openly advocate a contrary position may be prosecuted, fined, or incarcerated. Structured as an investigation of legal precedent, Lewy proceeds by describing the social and judicial contexts for current legislation, in particular the key cases whose litigation influenced law in Europe and North America. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcx005 |