Australia's War Crimes Trials 1945-51 /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Georgina (Historian)
Other Authors: McCormack, Timothy L. H., Morris, Narrelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, ©2016.
Series:International humanitarian law series ; v. 48.
Subjects:
1939-1945
War crime trials > Australia.
War criminals > Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 > Law and legislation > Australia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Pacific Area.
Procès (Crimes de guerre) > Australie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités > Pacifique, Région du.
LAW > International.
Atrocities
Legislation
War crime trials
War criminals
Australia
Japan
Pacific Area
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Trial Context, Issues and Perspectives. Part II. Trial Locations Part III. Post-Trial Reflections. Appendix I. Appendix II. Appendix III. Appendix IV. Australian war crimes trials, 1945-51 / Emperor's army: military operations and ideology in the war against Australia / Jurisdiction of the Australian military courts 1945-51 / Australian military courts under the War Crimes Act 1945: structure and approach / Command responsibility and other grounds of criminal responsibility / Obedience to superior orders and related defences / Prosecution of crimes against civilians / Crimes against captured airmen / Crimes against Asians in command responsibility trials / Cannibalism and the war crimes trials / Death sentences, Japanese war criminals and the Australian military / Trials on Morotai / Trials at Wewak / Trials on Labuan / Trials in Darwin / Trials in Rabaul / Trials in Singapore / Trials in Hong Kong / Last Trials: Manus Island / Australian war criminals compounds at Rabaul and on Manus Island, 1945-53 / Changing direction: repatriation of Japanese war criminals in Australian custody / 'Post-war' of the BC-class war criminals: how did war criminals react to the Australian trials? / Were the Australian trials fair? / War Crimes Act 1945 (Cth)
  • Regulations for the trial of war criminals 1945 (Cth)
  • Board of inquiry list of war crimes
  • Trials list with National Archives of Australia series and item number. Tim McCormack and Narrelle Morris
  • Steven Bullard
  • Tim McCormack
  • Michael Paes
  • Gideon Boas and Lisa Lee
  • Monique Cormier and Sarah Finnin
  • Bridget Dunne and Helen Durham
  • Tristan Moss and Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Yuma Totani
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Georgina Fitzpatrick
  • Narrelle Morris
  • Dean Aszkielowicz
  • Utsumi Aiko and Udagawa Kot̄a ; translated by Steven Bullard
  • Narrelle Morris and Tim McCormack.

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