Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 10. Jahrgang Heft 1 / 2020
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Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 10. Jahrgang Heft 1 / 2020
ISSN 2221-8890
Print Edition ISSN 2224-4905 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8712-7 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8722-6 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/BRGOE2020-1
Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 1/2020 2020, 150 Seiten, 29,7x21cm, broschiert, deutsch/englisch € 59,00
Sarah STUTZENSTEIN
S. 124 - 148 doi:10.1553/BRGOE2020-1s124 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/BRGOE2020-1s124
Abstract: The timeframe for the prosecution of Nazi crimes was limited in Austria by extinctive prescription. Shortly before the last and most severe crimes became unpunishable in the early 1960s, the Austrian government faced heavy pressure from foreign governments and international organisations as well as groups of former victims and resistance fighters to extend or even abolish the limitation period for the most severe crimes. The measures considered for extending the timeframe for the prosecution of Nazi crimes raised legal questions, especially concerning the principle of non-retroactivity. However, the public, political and even academic debates were closely connected to the popular aim of finally putting an end to the preoccupation with the Austrian population’s participation in the atrocities committed. In the following paper, the Austrian discourse concerning an extension of the limitation period for Nazi crimes, the problem’s solution and its consequences will for the first time be examined from a legal as well as a historical perspective based on primary sources. Keywords: extinctive prescription – Nazi crimes – principle of non-retroactivity – retroactive extension Published Online: 2020/05/06 08:57:10 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003b7c5a Rights: .
Kinga BELIZNAI BÓDI, Budapest
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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