War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956 : Justice in Time of Turmoil
Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Justice in Time of Turmoil: War Crimes Trials in Asia in the Context of Decolonization and Cold War -- International Humanitarian Law -- Decolonization -- Pacific War Versus Cold War -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Colonialism,...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cham : Springer International Publishing,
2016
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
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| Schlagworte: | War crime trials World politics War criminals |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (300 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Justice in Time of Turmoil: War Crimes Trials in Asia in the Context of Decolonization and Cold War -- International Humanitarian Law -- Decolonization -- Pacific War Versus Cold War -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Colonialism, Anti-Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism in China: The Opium Question at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal -- Introduction -- The International Legal Framework on Drug Control -- Prosecution's Theory -- Prosecution Evidence -- Introduction -- Manchuria -- North China -- Central China The Defence Response -- Closing Arguments -- Judicial Responses -- The 'Fuller' Story -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The French Prosecution at the IMTFE: Robert Oneto, Indochina and the Rehabilitation of French Prestige -- Chapter 4: Decolonization and Subaltern Sovereignty: India and the Tokyo Trial -- Introduction -- Placing the Theoretical Stakes: Decolonization and the Problem of Sovereignty -- India's Entry into Tokyo -- Radhabinod Pal's Tokyo Dissent: Problematizing the Historiography -- The Paradoxes of Sovereignty: Revisiting the Pal Dissent Anxieties of (Post-)Coloniality: Britain, India and Pal's Tokyo Dissent -- From Tokyo to the Postcolonial World: Pal's Legal Thinking in the 1950s and 1960s -- Epistemologies of Decolonization -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Legacy of Extraterritoriality and the Trial of Japanese War Criminals in the Republic of China -- Introduction -- Extraterritoriality in China and Its Legacy -- Legal Reforms -- Adherence to International Law and the Laws of War -- Joining the International Discussion-China at the United Nations War Crimes Commission -- Chinese War Crimes Program Drafting of Chinese Legislation -- Procedural Standards -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Burma Trials of Japanese War Criminals, 1946-1947 -- Chapter 7: Colonization and Postcolonial Justice: US and Philippine War Crimes Trials in Manila After the Second World War -- American Trials -- The Charges -- Sentences -- Philippine Trials -- Jurisdiction -- Trials -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Justice and Decolonization: War Crimes on Trial in Saigon, 1946-1950 -- Introduction -- Transnational Strategies in Pursuit of Justice -- The War Crimes Ordinance of 28 August 1944 Prosecuting Japanese War Crimes in the Midst of Conflict -- The Role of the United Nations War Crimes Commission -- Investigating War Crimes: China, Great Britain and the USA -- The Saigon Military Tribunal: A Criminal Court with Political Implications -- Overview -- The Statute of the Saigon Permanent Military Tribunal -- Composition of the Court and Procedure -- 'Nolle prosequi' -- Charges of War Crimes -- Japanese Defendants -- Defense -- Verdicts and Implementation of Sentences -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Netherlands East Indies' War Crimes Trials in the Face of Decolonization Temporary Courts-Martial |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (300 p) |
| ISBN: | 9783319429878 3319429876 9783319429861 3319429868 |