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(Ne)legitimni revizionizam: pravo i (pseudo)istoriografske revizije na zapadu i istoku
(Un)legitimate revisionism Law and (pseudo) historiographical revisions in the West and in the East

Author(s): Vladimir P. Petrović
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism, Historical revisionism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Summary/Abstract: The contribution is analyzing the legal aspects of historiographical revisionism, in an attempt to highlight the role of the courts in delineating between legitimate historical reevaluation of the past and the denial of essential historical facts, the latter being referred to as negationsim. The experience of Western countries in combating negationism through criminalisation of various forms of denial of mass crimes or through the civil litigation is juxtaposed to the confused postotalitarian dynamics in Eastern Europe and its anarchic reception in the region of the former Yugoslavia.

  • Page Range: 21-42
  • Page Count: 22
  • Publication Year: 2007
  • Language: Serbian