Lex Regula

"The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored." — Justice Robert H. Jackson , Chief U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg Introduction: Judging the Wounds of War The year was 1945. The world lay shattered after the Second World War, the most catastrophic conflict in human history. Tens of millions were dead. Cities were razed. But beyond the physical devastation, the war had exposed something even more terrifying — a glimpse into the potential depravity of human nature when law and morality are abandoned. The Allied powers, victorious but morally burdened, faced an unprecedented question: How does one hold an entire regime accountable for atrocities so vast that they defy comprehension? The answer emerged in a courtroom in Nuremberg , Germany, where history witnessed not revenge, but justice — structured, principled, and visionary. The Nuremberg Trials were not ju...