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Another thing that came to my mind:
Does anyone see analogies to the Nuremberg Trials?
Just to make it clear, I don't want to compare atrocities here. I am referring to the problem of coming to a verdict without previous legislation.
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There was previous legislation though, the international trials, the national trials by occupying nations and even the national trials by former axis countries were all done through the basis existing arrangements and legislation.
They did run into problems as some of the legislation was poorly defined, some was very out of date and some areas were simply not covered.
The 4th convention went some way towards dealing in future with those areas that were not covered by existing legislation in WW2.
The irony now is that the Administrations efforts to avoid aspects of the 4th convention is one of the reasons why the proposed trials are in a mess now.