Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments : : Canadian War Crimes Prosecutions, 1944-1948 / / Patrick Brode.
War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are often surprisingly hesitant to pursue war criminals. Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of such issues in Casual Slaughters and Accidenta...
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Brode, Patrick, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments : Canadian War Crimes Prosecutions, 1944-1948 / Patrick Brode. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©1997 1 online resource (322 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the 'War Crimes Business7 -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadeführer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht′ -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- Appendix. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index -- Backmatter restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are often surprisingly hesitant to pursue war criminals. Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of such issues in Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgements, a history of Canada’s prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War. It is a history that includes personalities such as Lt. Col. Bruce Macdonald, whose persistence overcame Ottawa’s reluctance to pursue the ‘war crimes business,’ and SS Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer, whose last-minute reprieve from death by firing squad followed a trial reminiscent of a Hollywood melodrama. Brode illustrates the difficulties of applying law to a recently defeated enemy when the emotions and politics of war distort any sense of impartial justice. The trials also reveal much about the legal and diplomatic views that prevailed at the end of the war and democratic Canada’s willingness to overcome its colonial past to defend its own interests on the international stage.The objectivity of the trials is still subject to question and they have been condemned by some as retaliatory. Brode clearly shows that Canada’s war crimes trials of 1945 to 1948 were a part of a movement to apply humane standards of conduct to warfare. Recent events in places such as Vietnam, Bosnia, and Somalia show how pertinent these concerns remain.(The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History) Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) War crime trials Canada. War criminals Germany. War criminals Japan. World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities. HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-). bisacsh McMurtry, R. Roy, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Oliver, Peter N., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442632509 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442632509 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442632509.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the 'War Crimes Business7 -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadeführer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht′ -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- Appendix. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the 'War Crimes Business7 -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadeführer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht′ -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- Appendix. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index -- Backmatter |
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