Professor Herbert Spirer
Columbia University
Author: Buerger Catherine
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Cultural Difference and Values: Human Rights and the Challenge of Relativism
Examining the Impact of Perpetrator Narratives on the Quest for Truth and Justice
In this activity, students will use the book, The Flight: Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior, to identify and assess the various impacts that personal narratives can have on restorative and retributive justice efforts.
Debate: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Nuremberg Trials
In this activity, students will draw from several relevant readings to debate the strengths and weaknesses of the Nuremberg Trials in terms of legal precedents set and also justice served.