Casual slaughters and accidental judgments : Canadian war crimes prosecutions, 1944-1948 /

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War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are often surprisingly hesitant to pursue war criminals. Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of such issues in Casual Slaughters and Accidenta...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brode, Patrick, 1950-
Corporate Author: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
Meyer, Kurt, > 1910-1961.
Meyer, Kurt, > 1910-1961
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities.
War crime trials > Canada.
War criminals > Germany.
War criminals > Japan.
Procès (Crimes de guerre) > Canada.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités.
Criminels de guerre > Allemagne.
Criminels de guerre > Japon.
LAW > Criminal Procedure.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Atrocities
War crime trials
War criminals
Canada
Germany
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rumours of Murder
  • 2. Murder Division
  • 3. Indifference to the Ẁar Crimes Business'
  • 4. Questions of Partiality
  • 5. Brigadefuhrer on Trial
  • 6. But for the Grace of God
  • 7. Shot like Wild Animals
  • 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case
  • 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army
  • 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War
  • 11. 'Siegergericht'
  • 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences
  • App. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer.

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