Social Darwinism in Nazi Family and Inheritance Law

Editor’s Note Ellis Washington, DePauw University; B.M. 1983, University of Michigan; M.M. 1986, John Marshall Law School; J.D. 1994. He was a staff editor for the University of Michigan Law Review in 1989, and a law clerk for the Rutherford Institute in 1992. Washington is a co-host on the conservative radio show, Joshua’s Trial, heard Saturdays on www.WDTKam.com. Since 2007 he has been a law and political commentator for WorldNetDaily.com. A blog of his op-eds and scholarly works can be found at: www.EllisWashingtonReport.com. Currently, Washington teaches history, education, law, ethics, education and public policy for the American College of Education, Spring Arbor University and at the National Paralegal College. He is also a lecturer specializing in legal theory, jurisprudence, constitutional law, international law, critical race theory, legal feminist theory and political philosophy. His published books include: The Devil Is In The Details: Essays On Law, Race, Politics, And Religion (1999), Beyond The Veil: Essays In The Dialectical Style Of Socrates (Rev. ed. 2004) (2000), The Inseparability Of Law And Morality, The Constitution, Natural Law And The Rule Of Law (2002), The Nuremberg Trials: Last Tragedy Of The Holocaust (2008) (based on The Nuremberg Trials: The Death of the Rule of Law, 49 Loy. L. Rev. 471 (2003)). His latest law review articles include a two-part series on the history of juvenile law, The Delinquencies of Juvenile Law: A Natural Law Analysis, is available at http://www.journals.univdanubius.ro/index.php/juridica/article/view/550 and Natural Law Considerations of Juvenile Law, 32 Whittier L. Rev. No. 1 57 (2010).