Victors' Justice (eBook)

Tokyo War Crimes Trial

Richard H. Minear (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
254 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7034-9 (ISBN)

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The klieg-lighted Tokyo Trial began on May 3, 1946, and ended on November 4, 1948, a majority of the eleven judges from the victorious Allies finding the twenty-five surviving defendants, Japanese military and state leaders, guilty of most, if not all, of the charges. As at Nuremberg, the charges included for the first time "crimes against peace" and "crimes against humanity," as well as conventional war crimes. In a polemical account, Richard Minear reviews the background, proceedings, and judgment of the Tokyo Trial from its Charter and simultaneous Nuremberg "precedent" to its effects today.Mr. Minear looks at the Trial from the aspects of international law, of legal process, and of history. With compelling force, he discusses the motives of the Nuremberg and Tokyo proponents, the Trial's prejudged course—its choice of judges, procedures, decisions, and omissions—General MacArthur's review of the verdict, the criticisms of the three dissenting judges, and the dangers inherent in such an international, political trial. His systematic, partisan treatment pulls together evidence American lawyers and liberals have long suspected, feared, and dismissed from their minds. Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. II. The Tokyo Trial. III. Problems of International Law. IV. Problems of Legal Process. V. Problems of History. VI. After the Trial. Appendices.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: acquittal • Allied war crimes during World War II • Allies of World War II • American Justice • American Power and the New Mandarins • Arbitration award • Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Attack on Pearl Harbor • attempt • Axis powers • Capital punishment • circumstantial evidence • Civilian Internee • Common Law • concurrence • Concurring opinion • Contumacy • Courtney Whitney • Crime • Crime against peace • Crimes Against Humanity • Dean Rusk • declaration of war • defendant • Estonia • Evidence (Law) • Exoneration • Ex Parte Quirin • Ex post facto law • Far Eastern Commission • Frank B. Kellogg • Fraud • gas chamber • Geneva Protocol • hearsay • Hideki Tojo • Hull note • imperialism • Imprisonment • indictment • international criminal law • International Law • International Military Tribunal for the Far East • internment • James F. Byrnes • Japanese war crimes • Japan–United States relations • Jurisdiction • law of war • Legal Advisor (Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants) • legal process • Legal process (jurisprudence) • manchukuo • Nanking Incident • national security • Nazi crime • Necessity • negligence • Nuremberg and Vietnam • Nuremberg Charter • Nuremberg principles • Nuremberg Trials • Objection (law) • occupation of japan • Of counsel • Opening Statement • Peace treaty • plea • Political Crime • Precedent • presumption • Prisoner of War • proclamation • Prosecutor • protectionism • Radhabinod Pal • rebuke • rebuttal • Reverse course • Right to a Fair Trial • Robert H. Jackson • Slavery • Standing (law) • Summary execution • Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers • surrender of japan • Tokyo Charter • Treaty • Tribunal • Tripartite Pact • United States war crimes • Unlawful killing • war • War Crime • War crimes trial • warfare • war of aggression • William Calley • World War II • writ
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7034-8 / 1400870348
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7034-9 / 9781400870349