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This book traces the history of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial of 1946-47, through the eyes of the Austrian émigré psychiatrist Leo Alexander, whose investigations helped the US prosecution. Schmidt provides a detailed insight into the origins of human rights in medical science and into the changing role of international law, ethics and politics.

The crisis of the nation-state is one of the most commonly used clichés of the last decade, and the future of nationalism appears to be more uncertain than ever as it is caught between globalization and identity politics. In Nationalism and its Futures , leading experts discuss the challenges posed by and to nationalism at the turn of a new millennium, devoting particular attention to the processes of globalization and their implications for the future of nation-states.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Why Write About Value in the Context of National Accounts? -- Part I. Nominal Accounts -- 2. Transactions and Their Economic Functions -- 3. Institutions and Their Economic Activities -- Part II. Real Accounts -- 4. The Index Number Problem -- 5. The Quality Problem -- Part III. Theory of Value -- 6. Elements of Value Theory -- 7. Value Theory in the National Accounts -- 8. Value Theory in Economics -- 9. Open Questions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.