Australia's War Crimes Trials 1945-51 / / by Georgina Fitzpatrick, Tim McCormack, Narrelle Morris.

• Superior document: International Humanitarian Law Series ; v. 48
• Author: Fitzpatrick, Georgina (Historian)
• TeilnehmendeR: McCormack, Timothy L. H.; Morris, Narrelle.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill Nijhoff.; c2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: International Humanitarian Law Series 48.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (911 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: "IHUL 48."

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. Part I contains contextual essays explaining why Australia established military courts to conduct these trials and themat...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Georgina Fitzpatrick , Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
• The Australian War Crimes Trials, 1945–51 / Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
• The Emperor’s Army: Military Operations and Ideology in the War against Australia / Steven Bullard
• Jurisdiction of the Australian Military Courts 1945–51 / Tim McCormack
• The Australian Military Courts under the War Crimes Act 1945— Structure and Approach / Michael Paes
• Command Responsibility and Other Grounds of Criminal Responsibility / Gideon Boas and Lisa Lee
• Obedience to Superior Orders and Related Defences / Monique Cormier and Sarah Finnin
• The Prosecution of Crimes against Civilians / Bridget Dunne and Helen Durham
• Crimes against Captured Airmen / Tristan Moss and Georgina Fitzpatrick
• Crimes against Asians in Command Responsibility Trials / Yuma Totani
• Cannibalism and the War Crimes Trials / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• Death Sentences, Japanese War Criminals and the Australian Military / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials on Morotai / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials at Wewak / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials on Labuan / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials in Darwin / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials in Rabaul / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials in Singapore / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Trials in Hong Kong / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• Last Trials: Manus Island / Georgina Fitzpatrick
• The Australian War Criminals Compounds at Rabaul and on Manus Island, 1945–53 / Narrelle Morris
• Changing Direction: Repatriation of Japanese War Criminals in Australian Custody / Dean Aszkielowicz
• The ‘Post-War’ of the BC-Class War Criminals: How Did War Criminals React to the Australian Trials? / Utsumi Aiko , Udagawa Kōta and Steven Bullard
• Were the Australian Trials Fair? / Narrelle Morris and Tim McCormack
• Appendix I War Crimes Act 1945 (Cth) / Georgina Fitzpatrick , Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
• Appendix II Regulations for the Trial of War Criminals 1945 (Cth) / Georgina Fitzpatrick , Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
• Appendix III Board of Inquiry List of War Crimes / Georgina Fitzpatrick , Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
• Appendix IV Trials List with National Archives of Australia Series and Item Number / Georgina Fitzpatrick , Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
• Indices / Georgina Fitzpatrick , Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris.