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Primary Source: Theme: Rights & Responsibilities This is an interview conducted with U.S. prosecutor Justice Robert H. Jackson. Since it is a primary source, it shows the direct opinions and views of Justice Jackson. In the interview, Justice Jackson often speaks about the measures that were taken to make sure that the trials were not seen as unfair by the future leaders or historians. Jackson says, “‘The American case is founded on captured German documents...’” Also, Jackson acknowledges that in the future, there maybe aggressors that end up winning a war, and thus “‘get away’” with their aggression, but he also follows up with the fact that the Allies should not “refuse to prosecute those who are caught because others equally guilty may escape prosecution.” Jackson emphasizes the impact of the trials to the future, and precedent that they set to use rule of law and create “moral and legal barriers” against aggressive war. Jackson treats the Nuremberg trials as a responsibility of the Allies, a responsibility to set an example for future generations, an example set in rule of law, rather than vengeance.

Secondary Source: Theme: Rights & Responsibilities Bass, J, Gary.. "Atrocity & legalism." Daedalus 1(2003):73. eLibrary. Web. 06 Oct. 2013. In framing the connection between international justice and military force, Bass—a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University—provides historical context in comparing the execution of international justice during World War I, World War II, and the more recent conflict of the War on Terror. This scholarly journal links the responsibility of enacting justice on an international scale to its feasibility with brute force. Produced purely for academic reasons, this source, while it does back the necessity of force for international justice to occur, contains evidence and regards events with facts.