Values and meanings of the main judicial act xx century: axiological concepts of the book A.N. Savenkov “Nuremberg: A Verdict for name of Peace” (Discussion materials)

In 2021, the Prospect Publishing House published the monograph “Nuremberg: A Verdict for name of Peace” by the Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation A.N. Savenkov. Publication of this book aroused cognitive scientific interest, a response in the legal community and a wide discussion on the pages of leading legal publications. The author invites the reader to return to the most dramatic pages of human history through a consistent description and explanation of the prerequisites for the emergence of the International Military Tribunal, the events that led to its creation, as well as the actions of all participants in the main trial of the 20th century. From the point of view of the author’s analysis, this article can be called axiological notes on the margins of A.N. Savenkov’s monograph “Nuremberg: A Verdict for name of Peace”. When considering the essence and content of the monograph, the authors apply an axiological approach, which implies a consistent study of existential, legal, moral and other values characteristic of the Nuremberg Trial in terms of its universal purpose and the meanings that the author himself reveals and gives it. The outcome of the discussion and conceptualization is the fixation of the values and meanings characteristic of the main international legal humanistic act of judicial law enforcement of the 20th century.