[IntLawProfessors] CITING HITLER?

[Gaya Davidyan]

I would NOT USE a text thus cites Hitler. He was a sick person and i don't
think any of his ideas may be used eve for irones.

Gaya

2012/5/30 William Slomanson <bills at tjsl.edu>

> Assume that an Int'l Law textbook cites Hitler's Mein Kampf (possibly on
> two occasions) as chapter-opening two-sentence vignettes/food for
> thought/incredible ironies. Each passage contains language that sounds like
> the French Revolution or American Constitution---written when he was in
> jail in 1924. After he came to power, he then totally disregarded his
> pre-Furer human rights musings. One underlying purpose would be to futher
> expose Hitler's hypocrisy and, as they say, to illustrate how absolute
> power corrupts absolutely.
>
> Question #1: Would you NOT do so, if this were your textbook? Would you
> NOT use a text that thus cites Hitler? Would it NOT make a difference?
>
> Question #2: Would the mere citation of Mein Kampf in that textbook bar it
> from being used in certain countries?
>
> Thoughts?
> Bill
>



-- 
Gayane Davidyan

Associate Professor
School of Law
Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia
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