The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal : law, history, and jurisprudence / David Cohen, Stanford University; Yuma Totani, University of Hawaii.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, David (David J.), author.

Totani, Yuma, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948.

War crime trials--Japan--Tokyo--History--20th century.

War crime trials.

Japan--Tokyo.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 543 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal: Like its Nuremberg counterpart, the Tokyo Trial was foundational in the field of international law. However, up to now, the persistent notion of "victor's justice" in the existing historical literature has made it difficult to treat it as such. David Cohen and Yuma Totani seek to redress this by cutting through persistent orthodoxies and ideologies that have plagued the trial. Instead they present it simply as a judicial process, and in so doing reveal its enduring importance for international jurisprudence. A wide range of primary sources are considered, including court transcripts, court exhibits, the majority judgment, and five separate concurring and dissenting opinions. The authors also provide comparative analysis of the Allied trials at Nuremberg, resulting in a comprehensive and empirically grounded study of the trial. The Tokyo Tribunal was a watershed moment in the history of the Asia-Pacific region. This ground-breaking study reveals it is of continuing relevance today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The framework of the trial

Charges of crimes against peace

The Japanese system of government

Individual roles in the making of the war and the overall conspiracy

Counts on murder, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity

Accountability for war crimes

The majority judgment : crimes against peace

An alternative perspective on accountability for crimes against peace : the two Webb judgments

The majority judgment on war crimes

An alternative Tokyo judgment : the draft Webb judgment on war crimes

The dissenting opinions by Justices Bernard and Roeling

Pal's "judgment, " or dissenting opinion, on crimes against peace

Pal's treatment of war crimes charges

The concurring opinions of Justices Webb and Jaranilla

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781107119703

1107119707

OCLC:

1037073154