Beyond victor's justice? : : the Tokyo War Crimes Trial revisited / / edited by Yuki Tanaka, Tim McCormack, and Gerry Simpson.

The aim of this new collection of essays is to engage in analysis beyond the familiar victor’s justice critiques. The editors have drawn on authors from across the world — including Australia, Japan, China, France, Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — with expertise in the fields of internati...

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Superior document:International Humanitarian Law Series, Volume 30
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2011.
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:International humanitarian law series ; Volume 30.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 402 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Yuki Tanaka , Timothy L.H. McCormack and Gerry Simpson
  • The Tokyo Trial: Humanity’s Justice V Victors’ Justice / Fujita Hisakazu
  • Writing The Tokyo Trial / Gerry Simpson
  • Japanese Societal Attitude Towards The Tokyo Trial: From A Contemporary Perspective / Madoka Futamura
  • Selecting Defendants At The Tokyo Trial / Awaya Kentarō
  • The Decision Not To Prosecute The Emperor / Yoriko Otomo
  • Justice Northcroft (New Zealand) / Ann Trotter
  • Justice Bernard (France) / Mickaël Ho Foui Sang
  • Justice Patrick (United Kingdom) / Lord Bonomy
  • Justice Röling (The Netherlands) / Robert Cryer
  • Justice Pal (India) / Nakajima Takeshi
  • The Case Against The Accused / Yuma Totani
  • Command Responsibility For The Failure To Stop Atrocities: The Legacy Of The Tokyo Trial / Gideon Boas
  • Reasons For The Failure To Prosecute Unit 731 And Its Significance / Tsuneishi Kei-ichi
  • The Legacy Of The Tokyo Trial In China / Bing Bing Jia
  • Forgotten Victims, Forgotten Defendants / The Hon O-Gon Kwon
  • Knowledge And Responsibility: The Ongoing Consequences Of Failing To Give Sufficient Attention To The Crimes Against The Comfort Women In The Tokyo Trial / Ustinia Dolgopol
  • Silence As Collective Memory: Sexual Violence And The Tokyo Trial / Nicola Henry
  • Women’s Bodies And International Criminal Law: From Tokyo To Rabaul / Helen Durham and Narrelle Morris
  • The Atomic Bombing, The Tokyo Tribunal And The Shimoda Case: Lessons For Anti-Nuclear Legal Movements / Yuki Tanaka
  • The Firebombing Of Tokyo And Other Japanese Cities / Ian Henderson
  • Punishing Japan’s ‘Opium War-Making’ In China: The Relationship Between Transnational Crime And Aggression At The Tokyo Tribunal / Neil Boister
  • Tokyo’s Continuing Relevance / Sarah Finnin and Tim McCormack
  • Index / Yuki Tanaka , Timothy L.H. McCormack and Gerry Simpson.