Trials for International Crimes in AsiaKirsten Sellars Cambridge University Press, 2015 M10 22 The issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia, with still-resonant claims against the Japanese for war crimes, and deep schisms resulting from crimes in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and East Timor. Over the years, the region has hosted a succession of tribunals, from those held in Manila, Singapore and Tokyo after the Asia-Pacific War to those currently running in Dhaka and Phnom Penh. This book draws on extensive new research and offers the first comprehensive legal appraisal of the Asian trials. As well as the famous tribunals, it also considers lesser-known examples, such as the Dutch and Soviet trials of the Japanese, the Cambodian trial of the Khmer Rouge, and the Indonesian trials of their own military personnel. It focuses on their approach to the elements of international crimes, and their contribution to general theories of liability. In the process, this book challenges some orthodoxies about the development of international criminal law. |
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... issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia, with stillresonant claims against the Japanese for war crimes, and deep schisms resulting from crimes in Bangladesh, Cambodia and East Timor. Over the years, the region has hosted ...
... issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia, with stillresonant claims against the Japanese for war crimes, and deep schisms resulting from crimes in Bangladesh, Cambodia and East Timor. Over the years, the region has hosted ...
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... issues confronted in these various trials are consistent with experience in other regions, though some appear unique to Asia. This is, perhaps, to be expected. The application of 'universal' principles in specific jurisdictions often ...
... issues confronted in these various trials are consistent with experience in other regions, though some appear unique to Asia. This is, perhaps, to be expected. The application of 'universal' principles in specific jurisdictions often ...
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... deep gratitude to the contributors, whose research on the trials in Asia shines a bright light on a compelling subject. Kirsten Sellars Introduction ◈ Kirsten Sellars The issue of international crimes is Acknowledgements.
... deep gratitude to the contributors, whose research on the trials in Asia shines a bright light on a compelling subject. Kirsten Sellars Introduction ◈ Kirsten Sellars The issue of international crimes is Acknowledgements.
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Kirsten Sellars. Introduction. ◈ Kirsten Sellars The issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia today, and it is likely to remain so, given the stillresonant claims against the Japanese for crimes committed in the 1930s and ...
Kirsten Sellars. Introduction. ◈ Kirsten Sellars The issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia today, and it is likely to remain so, given the stillresonant claims against the Japanese for crimes committed in the 1930s and ...
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... issue orders to them not to commit illegal acts, and to punish offenders. 4. Failure to take such appropriate measures as are within his power to control the troops under his command and to prevent acts which are [in] violation of the ...
... issue orders to them not to commit illegal acts, and to punish offenders. 4. Failure to take such appropriate measures as are within his power to control the troops under his command and to prevent acts which are [in] violation of the ...
Contents
command responsibility the Tokyo | |
Colonial justice in the Netherlands Indies war crimes | |
The superior orders defence at the postwar trials | |
the Soviet riposte to the Tokyo | |
VALENT YNA POLUNINA | |
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