Undergraduate · UKF · 2026
The principle of legality
Part 1
University of Khorfakkan · 2026
The principle of legality
Part 1
- Duration
- 50:40
- Narration
- English
- Captions
- English
Why might a court refuse to punish someone whose conduct was gravely wrong? The principle of legality, its safeguards, and the arguments tested in the Nuremberg courtroom.
In this lecture
- No crime or punishment without law
- Prior law, clarity and interpretation
- Protection and the power to punish
- Nuremberg and the problem of retroactivity
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