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Chapter 5 - Limitation

Pragmatism and Political Promises, 1948–1949

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Anika Seemann
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Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
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By 1948, the trials had far exceeded estimates for their original time frame. This chapter looks at the effects the growing distance from the occupation had on court practice and the broader administration of the trials. It highlights how the unexpectedly long duration of the trials confronted the Ministry of Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions with two specific challenges: firstly, it emerged that verdicts had been handed down unevenly over time; secondly, broader attitudes towards the trials in civil society had by now changed perceptibly. At the same time, the authorities in charge of the trials had a number of reservations against changing their legal parameters, as they were concerned for their long-term legacy should they be softened. This fundamental tension, along with the decision not to prosecute a number of wartime crimes such as economic collaboration, defined the later stages of the trials.

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The Quislings
The Trials of Norwegian Wartime Collaborators, 1941–1964
, pp. 190 - 225
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Limitation
  • Anika Seemann, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
  • Book: The Quislings
  • Online publication: 12 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009212298.007
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  • Limitation
  • Anika Seemann, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
  • Book: The Quislings
  • Online publication: 12 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009212298.007
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  • Limitation
  • Anika Seemann, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
  • Book: The Quislings
  • Online publication: 12 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009212298.007
Available formats
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