| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Table of Cases and Legal Materials; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Trial Procedure at the British Military Courts, Hong Kong, 1946-1948; 3. The Prisoner of War Camp Trials; 4. War Crimes; 5. On Being 'Concerned' in a Crime: Embryonic Joint Criminal Enterprise?; 6. The Plea of Superior Orders in the Hong Kong Trials; 7. Concluding Thoughts; Appendix: Major Murray Ormsby: War Crimes Judge and Prosecutor 1919-2012; Bibliography; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M |
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NO; P; R; S; T; U; W |
| Summary |
Immediately after the Second World War, 46 trials were held by the British military in Hong Kong in which 123 defendants mainly from Japan, were tried for war crimes. This book is the first to analyze these trials, situating them within their historical context and showing their importance for the development of international criminal law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 5, 2013) |
| Subject |
War crime trials -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century
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War crime trials
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Law.
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China -- Hong Kong
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Linton, Suzannah, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191749070 |
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0191749079 |
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