Hong Kong S War Crimes Trials

Author : Suzannah Linton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191652981

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Hong Kong's War Crimes Trials by Suzannah Linton Pdf

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the British military held 46 trials in Hong Kong in which 123 defendants, from Japan and Formosa (Taiwan), were tried for war crimes. This book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of these trials. The subject matter of the trials spanned war crimes committed during the fall of Hong Kong, its occupation, and in the period after the capitulation following the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but before the formal surrender. They included killings of hors de combat, abuses in prisoner-of-war camps, abuse and murder of civilians during the military occupation, forced labour, and offences on the High Seas. The events adjudicated included those from Hong Kong, China, Japan, the High Seas, and Formosa (Taiwan). Taking place in the same historical period as the more famous Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, the Hong Kong war crimes trials provide key insights into events of the time, and the development of international criminal law and procedure in this period. A team of experts in international criminal law examine these trials in detail, placing them in their historical context, investigating how the courts conducted their proceedings and adjudicated acts alleged to be war crimes, and evaluating the extent to which the Hong Kong trials contributed to the development of contemporary issues, such as joint criminal enterprise and superior orders. There is also comparative analysis with contemporaneous proceedings, such as the Australian War Crimes trials, trials in China, and those conducted by the British in Singapore and Germany, placing them within the wider history of international justice. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of international criminal law and procedure.

Author : LIU Daqun,ZHANG Binxin
Publisher : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788283480566

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Historical War Crimes Trials in Asia by LIU Daqun,ZHANG Binxin Pdf

Author : ZHANG Binxin
Publisher : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788293081364

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Criminal Justice for World War II Atrocities in China by ZHANG Binxin Pdf

Author : Zhaoqi Cheng
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811366970

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A History of War Crimes Trials in Post 1945 Asia-Pacific by Zhaoqi Cheng Pdf

Written by the Director of the Tokyo Trial Research Centre at China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, this book provides a unique analysis of war crime trials in Asia-Pacific after World War II. It offers a comprehensive review of key events during this period, covering preparations for the Trial, examining the role of the War Crimes Commission of the United Nations as well as offering a new analysis of the trial itself. Addressing the question of conventional war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against peace (such as the Pearl Harbor Incident) and violations of warfare law, it follows up with a discussion of post-trial events and the fate of war criminals on trial. Additionally, it examines other Japanese war crime trials which happened in Asia, as well as considering the legacy of the Tokyo trial itself, and the foundation of a new Post-War International Order in East Asia.

Author : Georgina Fitzpatrick,Timothy L.H. McCormack,Narrelle Morris
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004292055

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Australia's War Crimes Trials 1945-51 by Georgina Fitzpatrick,Timothy L.H. McCormack,Narrelle Morris Pdf

This unique volume provides a detailed analysis of Australia’s 300 war crimes trials of principally Japanese accused conducted in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.

Author : Yuma Totani
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684174737

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The Tokyo War Crimes Trial by Yuma Totani Pdf

"This book assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)—commonly called the Tokyo trial—established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Through extensive research in Japanese, American, Australian, and Indian archives, Yuma Totani taps into a large body of previously underexamined sources to explore some of the central misunderstandings and historiographical distortions that have persisted to the present day. Foregrounding these voluminous records, Totani disputes the notion that the trial was an exercise in “victors’ justice” in which the legal process was egregiously compromised for political and ideological reasons; rather, the author details the achievements of the Allied prosecution teams in documenting war crimes and establishing the responsibility of the accused parties to show how the IMTFE represented a sound application of the legal principles established at Nuremberg. This study deepens our knowledge of the historical intricacies surrounding the Tokyo trial and advances our understanding of the Japanese conduct of war and occupation during World War II, the range of postwar debates on war guilt, and the relevance of the IMTFE to the continuing development of international humanitarian law."

Author : Kerstin von Lingen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319429878

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War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956 by Kerstin von Lingen Pdf

This book investigates the political context and intentions behind the trialling of Japanese war criminals in the wake of World War Two. After the Second World War in Asia, the victorious Allies placed around 5,700 Japanese on trial for war crimes. Ostensibly crafted to bring perpetrators to justice, the trials intersected in complex ways with the great issues of the day. They were meant to finish off the business of World War Two and to consolidate United States hegemony over Japan in the Pacific, but they lost impetus as Japan morphed into an ally of the West in the Cold War. Embattled colonial powers used the trials to bolster their authority against nationalist revolutionaries, but they found the principles of international humanitarian law were sharply at odds with the inequalities embodied in colonialism. Within nationalist movements, local enmities often overshadowed the reckoning with Japan. And hovering over the trials was the critical question: just what was justice for the Japanese in a world where all sides had committed atrocities?

Author : Yuma Totani
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015080679585

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The Tokyo War Crimes Trial by Yuma Totani Pdf

This book assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)--commonly called the Tokyo trial--established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Through extensive research in Japanese, American, Australian, and Indian archives, Yuma Totani taps into a large body of previously underexamined sources to explore some of the central misunderstandings and historiographical distortions that have persisted to the present day. Foregrounding these voluminous records, Totani disputes the notion that the trial was an exercise in "victors' justice" in which the legal process was egregiously compromised for political and ideological reasons; rather, the author details the achievements of the Allied prosecution teams in documenting war crimes and establishing the responsibility of the accused parties to show how the IMTFE represented a sound application of the legal principles established at Nuremberg. This study deepens our knowledge of the historical intricacies surrounding the Tokyo trial and advances our understanding of the Japanese conduct of war and occupation during World War II, the range of postwar debates on war guilt, and the relevance of the IMTFE to the continuing development of international humanitarian law.

Author : Kirsten Sellars
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107104655

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Trials for International Crimes in Asia by Kirsten Sellars Pdf

The first comprehensive legal appraisal of tribunals convened across Asia to try war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Author : Timothy P. Maga
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0813128986

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Judgment at Tokyo by Timothy P. Maga Pdf

In the years since the Japanese war crimes trials concluded, the proceedings have been colored by charges of racism, vengeance, and guilt. In this book, Tim Maga contends that in the trials good law was practiced and evil did not go unpunished. The defendants ranged from lowly Japanese Imperial Army privates to former prime ministers. Since they did not represent a government for which genocide was a policy pursuit, their cases were more difficult to prosecute than those of Nazi war criminals. In contrast to Nuremberg, the efforts in Tokyo, Guam, and other locations throughout the Pacific received little attention by the Western press. Once the Cold War began, America needed Pacific allies and the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers throughout the 1930s and early 1940s were rarely mentioned. The trials were described as phony justice and "Japan bashing". Keenan and his compatriots adopted criminal court tactics and established precedents in the conduct of war crimes trials that still stand today. Maga reviews the context for the trials, recounts the proceedings, and concludes that they were, in fact, decent examples of American justice and fair play.

Author : Sandra Wilson,Robert Cribb,Beatrice Trefalt,Dean Aszkielowicz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231542685

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Japanese War Criminals by Sandra Wilson,Robert Cribb,Beatrice Trefalt,Dean Aszkielowicz Pdf

Beginning in late 1945, the United States, Britain, China, Australia, France, the Netherlands, and later the Philippines, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China convened national courts to prosecute Japanese military personnel for war crimes. The defendants included ethnic Koreans and Taiwanese who had served with the armed forces as Japanese subjects. In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East tried Japanese leaders. While the fairness of these trials has been a focus for decades, Japanese War Criminals instead argues that the most important issues arose outside the courtroom. What was the legal basis for identifying and detaining subjects, determining who should be prosecuted, collecting evidence, and granting clemency after conviction? The answers to these questions helped set the norms for transitional justice in the postwar era and today contribute to strategies for addressing problematic areas of international law. Examining the complex moral, ethical, legal, and political issues surrounding the Allied prosecution project, from the first investigations during the war to the final release of prisoners in 1958, Japanese War Criminals shows how a simple effort to punish the guilty evolved into a multidimensional struggle that muddied the assignment of criminal responsibility for war crimes. Over time, indignation in Japan over Allied military actions, particularly the deployment of the atomic bombs, eclipsed anger over Japanese atrocities, and, among the Western powers, new Cold War imperatives took hold. This book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the construction of the postwar international order in Asia and to our comprehension of the difficulties of implementing transitional justice.

Author : Kevin Heller,Gerry Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199671144

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The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials by Kevin Heller,Gerry Simpson Pdf

Several war crimes trials are well-known to scholars, but others have received far less attention. This book assesses a number of these little-studied trials to recognise institutional innovations, clarify doctrinal debates, and identify their general relevance to the development of international criminal law.

Author : International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948
ISBN : 077348325X

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The Tokyo Major War Crimes Trial by International Military Tribunal for the Far East Pdf

Author : David J. Cohen,Yuma Totani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107119703

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The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal by David J. Cohen,Yuma Totani Pdf

Challenges the persistent orthodoxies of the Tokyo tribunal and provides a new framework for evaluating the trial, revealing its importance to international jurisprudence.

Author : Dean Aszkielowicz
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9789888390724

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The Australian Pursuit of Japanese War Criminals, 1943–1957 by Dean Aszkielowicz Pdf