As many of us didn't read this over Christmas, not enough brain space, I will precis what one of us thought about the book. A dry academic read, interesting once you get into it, but the legal mind behind the writing comes through with the details. Interesting to read about the two men, Hersch Lauterpacht and Rafael Lemkin and their involvement in the Nuremburg trials, Lauterpacht who came up with the term 'Crimes against Humanity', focusing on protecting the individual and Lemkin, 'Genocide' - protecting the group. The academic snobbery against Lemkin, and how the Americans and British (and French) saw how the implementation of genocide could retrospectively implicate these countries in their vicious colonization of so many countries.
Although many of us didn't complete reading the book, it did generate a good discussion.
Next Book
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Next Meeting
Moved to 8th March at Emma's
