This book is an outstanding document and account of the International Military Tribunal that took place in Tokyo at the end of World War Two. As in the Nuremberg Trial, the leaders of Japan were accused of crimes against peace and crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes.
Antonio Cassese has represented Italy on several United Nations commissions and on the Council of Europe. His previous books include
Human Rights in a Changing World (Polity, 1990) and
Terrorism, Politics and Law (Polity, 1989).
Professor B. V. A. Roling sadly died in 1985.