Nazi judicial system
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The Nazi judicial system was the legal apparatus of Nazi Germany that enforced totalitarian control by subordinating courts and laws to Nazi ideology, enabling widespread political repression and state-sponsored crimes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nazi judicial system canonical | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of totalitarian state
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judicial system ⓘ |
| appliesInPeriod | 1933–1945 ⓘ |
| characteristic |
arbitrary application of law
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lack of judicial independence ⓘ politicization of justice ⓘ use of people’s courts ⓘ use of special courts ⓘ |
| component |
Gestapo-linked legal procedures
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People’s Court NERFINISHED ⓘ SS and police courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ administrative courts (weakened) ⓘ ordinary criminal courts ⓘ |
| consequence |
erosion of rule of law
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institutionalization of injustice ⓘ normalization of political murder ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfter | German defeat in 1945 ⓘ |
| ideology |
Nazism
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antisemitism ⓘ racial ideology ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Carl Schmitt’s legal theory ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Holocaust facilitation
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crimes against humanity ⓘ state-sponsored crimes ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| legalInstrument |
Decrees against public enemies
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Enabling Act of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuremberg Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ Reichstag Fire Decree NERFINISHED ⓘ War-time special penal regulations ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
Führer’s will as source of law
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nulla poena sine lege ignored ⓘ primacy of the Volksgemeinschaft ⓘ retroactive criminal laws used ⓘ |
| overseenBy |
Nazi Party Chancellery
NERFINISHED
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Reich Minister of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ Reich Ministry of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Nuremberg Judges’ Trial
NERFINISHED
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post-war denazification ⓘ |
| subordinatedTo |
Adolf Hitler
NERFINISHED
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Führerprinzip NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
confiscation of property
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death penalty on a massive scale ⓘ enforcement of Nuremberg Laws ⓘ enforcement of racial laws ⓘ forced labor sentences ⓘ legitimization of state terror ⓘ persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ persecution of Roma and Sinti ⓘ persecution of disabled people ⓘ persecution of homosexuals ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ political repression ⓘ suppression of dissent ⓘ |
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