Between war vengeance and the rule of law

The Special Jurisdiction after the Second World War

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Photo: The building on Kneuterdijk in The Hague in which the Special Court was housed.Source: National Archives/Spaarnestad Collection/Photographer unknown 208838

The first session

The Anton Mussert case


The first death sentence

Day of reckoning

The return of parliament

The legality of the death penalty

Between war vengeance and the rule of law

Prussian practices in the resurgent Netherlands

Final judgements on Breedveld and Max Blokzijl

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