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Catch us, as we speak to one of the world's biggest international law experts- Prof. Philippe Sands.

In our talk, we will be discussing Prof. Sands' book 'East West Street' which traces the history of genocide and crimes against humanity through 4 perspectives– Hitler's personal lawyer, Prof. Sands grandfather, and two lawyers involved with the Nuremberg trials. This book is unlike any other 'legal' book you would read.

About Lawctopus Law School Book Club

This book club is part of Lawctopus Law School. Here we read books related to “law” and discuss them. When we finish the book, we have a guest over to discuss the book.

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Timeline:
0:00
1:44 Introduction
5:10 Writing about family is personal
11:40 Being objective while writing personal things
13:16 Rules of Advocacy
16:00 Knowing John Le Carre
18:24 Book changed him as a writer
26:20 Role of individuals in law
28:24 Preparing for an international case
32:40 Going to Nuremberg Court
38:43 Why Nuremberg Trial Matters
45:34 How human beings are complex
47:13 Book recommendations
53:30 TV Show recommendations
56:50 Use of terms such as genocide etc.
1:00:19 Western Countries genocide
1:03:24 Colonialism reparations
1:07:37 How these problems begin