Tokyo Trial and War Crimes in Asia (eBook)

Mei Ju-ao (Autor)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2018
XXIX, 272 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-7404-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, otherwise known as the Tokyo Trial, which was convened in 1946 to try political military leaders accused of involvement in war crimes. Offering valuable research material on the establishment of the tribunal, it studies the background to the establishment of the International Military Tribunal and the lessons learned from earlier trials of World War One War Criminals. It addresses the IMTFE charter and records the establishment and development of the Tokyo Trial war crime principles, the confirmation of the Class A War Criminal list and the subsequent arrests and interrogations. It revisits the organization of the judges, the responsibilities of the prosecution and defense teams as well as the US representation in the defence. Offering the perspective of a Chinese prosecutor who was both jurist and witness, this unique text engages with the Tokyo Trial from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing in both international law and international relations, and over seven decades later measures the significance and ongoing legacy of the Tokyo Trial for contemporary international criminal justice in Asia and beyond.  

Autor

Mei Ju-ao (Chinese: 梅汝璈, 1904-1973) was a Chinese jurist, legislator and author. After graduating from Tsinghua University in 1924, Mei Ju-ao studied in the United States and in 1926 was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, and elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society the same year. Mei went on to study law at University of Chicago Law School, where he obtained a Juris Doctor in 1928. In 1946-48, Mei was the Chinese member of the judges in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East's trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the second World War.

Inhalt

1 The Establishment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and Its Jurisdiction2 Charter and Organization of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East3 Arrest and Prosecution of Japanese Major War Criminals4 Trial Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.1.2019
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: International Military Tribunal for the Far East • International Politics and War Crimes • Second World War and Japan • The Tokyo Trial and World War Two • War Criminals in Asia • Witnesses at the Tokyo Trial
• ISBN-10: 981-10-7404-6 / 9811074046
• ISBN-13: 978-981-10-7404-2 / 9789811074042