{"product_id":"nuremberg-mississippi-paperback","title":"Nuremberg, Mississippi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelvin E. Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, in a small Mississippi town where order is prized and rules are followed without question, a man waits for a bus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens next seems routine -- an arrest, a charge, a trial conducted according to the law. The paperwork is complete. The procedures are correct. The officials involved believe they are simply doing their jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath the surface of professionalism and politeness lies a deeper question: What happens when the law itself becomes the instrument of injustice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNuremberg, Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e follows Attorney Silas Thomas Thorn III, a man who has built his life on the belief that predictability is fairness and that the stability of the legal system depends on obedience to established rules. When a seemingly minor case begins to expose contradictions within that system, Thorn is forced into a moral reckoning that challenges everything he has trusted-his training, his community, and his own sense of duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the proceedings unfold, the town's institutions -- courts, law enforcement, civic leaders, and ordinary citizens -- move forward with quiet confidence. No one raises their voice. No one breaks the rules. Yet step by step, the machinery of justice produces an outcome that feels increasingly difficult to defend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from the moral questions raised during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials, the novel examines how harm can emerge not from hatred or malice, but from routine decisions made by reasonable people acting within a system designed to appear fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the Civil Rights era, \u003cem\u003eNuremberg, Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e is both a courtroom drama and a moral inquiry into responsibility, conformity, and courage. It asks readers to confront a troubling possibility: that injustice does not always arrive with violence or outrage. Sometimes it arrives quietly, in the form of signatures, procedures, and the simple act of following the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its core, this is a story about accountability-about the moment when a person must decide whether obedience is enough, or whether justice requires something more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJim Crow laws\u003c\/strong\u003e - Mississippi - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSundown towns\u003c\/strong\u003e - Law and legislation - United States - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNuremberg War Crime Trials (1946-1949)\u003c\/strong\u003e - Influence - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eActions and defenses (Federal law)\u003c\/strong\u003e - United States - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAfrican Americans\u003c\/strong\u003e - Legal status, laws, etc. - History - 20th century - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrials (Race relations)\u003c\/strong\u003e - Mississippi - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProfessional ethics\u003c\/strong\u003e - Mississippi - Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLegal stories, American.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53343423889715,"sku":"9781807642686","price":27.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/k-RxMuSCJA9781807642686.webp?v=1778711794","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/nuremberg-mississippi-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}