1st Edition
War Crimes Tribunals and Transitional Justice The Tokyo Trial and the Nuremburg Legacy
By Madoka Futamura
Copyright 2008
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
Advocates of the ‘Nuremberg legacy’ emphasize the positive impact of the individualization of responsibility and the establishment of an historical record through judicial procedures for ‘war crimes’. This legacy has been cited in the context of the establishment and operation of the UN ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals in the 1990s, as well as for the International Criminal Court.
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Introduction1. The International Criminal Tribunals and International Peace and Security: Theory and Practice2. The Nuremberg Legacy: Ideas and Practices 3. The Tokyo Trial: An Overview and Purposes of the Trial 4. The Japanese Perception of the Tokyo Trial: 1946-2003 5. The Tokyo Trial and the Historical Record of the War 6. The Tokyo Trial and Individualisation of Responsibility
Biography
Madoka Futamura
