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The Professor Nedley Series

Books and Law - New Stuff

The purpose of this page is to keep you up-to-date with new cases, new articles, new books, new ideas or just stuff that doesn't yet fit on to its own page in the Professor Nedley Series.

Book Review:     Here for the very first time on Professor Nedley's, drop in to find the latest books and articles relating to our profession. 

"The Nuremberg Legacy".  This month's book is written by none other than our very own Hon. Norbert Ehrenfreund.  The book is The Nuremberg Legacy and I guarantee you it is a piece of history.  Norb was there.  He's not just a good researcher (which he is), in April of 1945,  he rode into Austria with Patton's Third Army.  He tells tales leading up to the Nuremberg trials that damn few other humans could have been able to tell.  I chuckled out loud when he told the story of himself as a young artillery spotter who spoke some German being asked by his C.O. to call ahead to the small Austrian towns in their path and give them fair warning that they were coming and to fly the white flag of surrender and the invading force wouldn't shell their village.  He came to one village where apparently the German commander hadn't yet gotten  the word and he gave him the usual pitch to fly the white flag or risk bombardment.  The response from the still "tough" SS Commander was something, in German, to the effect  of "Up Yours".  Judge Ehrenfreund, then private Ehrenfreund, called for a single shot directly on the commander's headquarters.  Shortly thereafter the White Flag went up.  How can you not love this slice of history.  He was there!

Judge Ehrenfreund goes on to describe the events and people leading up to the trial.  He describes the top Germans that were sitting at the dock.  He describes their demeanor.  He recalls in detail the efforts of Justice Robert Jackson, one of our Supreme Court Justices, appointed by Presidents Truman and Roosevelt as the Chief Prosecutor, to exemplify this trial as being about fairness and rights and  justice..  He talks about the flaws in the trial and describes the warts in their glaring detail.  But most importantly Judge Ehrenfreund elicits the overriding principles that survived the process , the concept that heads of state are not exempt and that the winning country shall offer the fair trials, with the right to counsel to all who are charged.

In the middle of the book he shows his expertise at research by analyzing the application of the Nuremberg Principles to modern day situations in Africa, Iraq and a multiplicity of European countries.  It becomes discouraging when you realize that the Nuremberg principals simply don't apply when there  are atrocities committed within a country's own borders.  It is even simple to view these principals being ignored in the United States when the administration simply ignores international law, as so many of the tinhorn dictatorships that tortured people at will.  Who's to say "stop".  This is one of the most fascinating "reads" that I've had the privilege to read..  You will  enjoy, you will chuckle,  you will have nostalgia and tears as you read this slice of history.  It is a delightful book, written by a true friend of the legal profession and law and justice

.Taxes:  There is new tax info  under "Tax Tips 2007" and they’re brand new, direct links to the IRS forms website right there for the clicking.  The Tax Tips page is always a good spot to check, because the famed Kiplinger Tax Letter is scanned weekly for items that relate specifically to Family Law.  It's either read PN's website or pay Bill Hargreaves $400/hour to answer the same questions.

DivorceDex: A link to a new website which appears to be an extensive index to divorce terms.  It appears to be helpful with0ut having to buy something from them.  Check it out and let me know if there's any overreaching, by them - not me