- Summary
- "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 and thematic essays considering various legal issues in, and historical perspectives on, the trials. Part II offers a comprehensive collection of eight location essays, one each for the physical locations where the trials were held. In Part III post-trial issues are reviewed, , such as the operation of compounds for war criminals; the repatriation of convicted Japanese war criminals to serve the remainder of their sentences; and reflections of some of those convicted on their experience of the trials. In the final essay, a contemporary reflection on the fairness of the trials is provided, not on the basis of a twenty-first century critique of contemporary minimum standards of fair trial expected in the prosecution of war crimes, but by reviewing approaches taken in the trials themselves as well as from reactions to the trials by those associated with them. The essays are supported by a large collection of unique historical photographs, maps and statistical materials. There has been no systematic and comprehensive analysis of these trials so far, which has meant that they are virtually precluded from consideration as judicial precedent. This volume fills that gap, and offers scholars and practitioners an important and groundbreaking resource"--Back cover.
- Series
- International Humanitarian Law Series ; v. 48
International humanitarian law series ; v. 48.
- Format
- Online resource
- Author/Creator
- Fitzpatrick, Georgina (Historian)
- Published
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, [2016]
©2016
- Locale
- Australia
Japan
Pacific Area
- Contents
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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
- Other Authors/Editors
- McCormack, Timothy L. H.
Morris, Narrelle.
- Notes
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"IHUL 48."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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
