WAR CRIMES AND WAR CRIMES TRIALS: From Leipzig To The ICC And Beyond ~ Cases, Materials And Comments

Watkins, John C., Jr. & John Paul Weber (editors)

ISBN 10: 0890893071 / ISBN 13: 9780890893074

Published by Durham NC. 2006. Carolina Academic Press, 2005

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red & gilt lettered bonded leather hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 10"x7"). large book. no dustwrapper. highlighted copy in good cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. 1" tear to leather at spine top where it meets the rear cover. bottom corners bumped. edges clean. approximately 122 pages with blue / yellow highlighter and or pencil margin notes. reading or study copy. no library markings, store stamps, or stickers. no bookplates, no names, no remainder markings. first edition. first printing (nap). xxix+822p. table of cases. 14 appendices. glossary. references. about the editors. name index. subject index. world history. military history. politics. legal history. law of geneva. law of the hague. geneva convenation. hague convention. treaty of versailles. league of nations. leipzig trials. armenian genocide. fourteen points. nazi party. weimar constitution. nurmeberg trials. international military tribunal. german occupation. japanese imperialsim. nanking massacre. atomic bomb litigation. malmedy massacre. tomoyuki yamashita. unit 731. tokyo war crimes trial. israel and the eichmann case. rudolf hess. vichy collaborators. gult of tonkin resolution. vietnam war. indonesia 1965 massacre. khmer rouge genocide. ygoslav war crimes tribunal. rwandan atrocities 1994. war on terrorism. ~ "The material ~ in the six parts of this book is offered in a chronological order, covering a period of time ranging from 1899 to 2004. Most significantly, the material contained in these parts combine legal and political events, showing the interrelationship between norms, enforcement modalities, and the socio~political climate surrounding it. While the first five parts offer the reader a thorough, conventional description of the course of events with appropriate excerpts from documents and other writings, it adds documents and comments seldom found in other similar writings. Among them for example, are those contained in part three, describing the rise of Japanese imperialism in the late 20s, and the Nanking massacre of 1937, which many similar writings have regrettably failed to adequately reflect. It also includes the 1963 Japanese civil litigation involving the atomic bombing by the United States in 1945 of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 4 adds national prosecutions to the mix of international prosecutions, and includes the Vietnam war era and the Calley and Medina cases arising out of the My Lai massacre, which are somewhat forgotten in more contemporary writings on the enforcement of international criminal law." [from the foreword].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WAR CRIMES AND WAR CRIMES TRIALS: From Leipzig To The ICC And Beyond ~ Cases, Materials And Comments
• Publisher: Durham NC. 2006. Carolina Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890893071
• ISBN 13: 9780890893074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • military history
  • world history
  • world war ii

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Synopsis

This is both a casebook of selected war crime decisions by various national and international tribunals in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries as well as a brief historical account of the geopolitical, diplomatic and military events surrounding them. The text is divided into six parts arranged in chronological order, beginning with the Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 up to the Summer 2004 decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States, which dealt with transnational terrorism committed by United States' citizens as well as the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees held under the authority of the Bush Administration.

War Crimes and War Crime Trials contains edited excerpts from forty-four judicial opinions embellished with a congeries of international, national, military and political documents that add context to the case law. The editors have included fairly extensive selections from some of the major materials that have surrounded subsequent war crime litigation. Also included are an epilogue by Michael Ignatieff; an eleven-entry appendix; a glossary containing over 200 words; a reference section of over 1,400 citations from a wide variety of legal, historical and international relations literature; and a name and subject index.

"War Crimes and War Crime Trials: From Leipzig to the ICC and Beyond ― Cases, Materials and Comments edited by John C. Watkins, Jr. and John Paul Weber is the most complete book on the subjects to date. In these challenging times, it is an essential reference for all who study or are engaged in the events brought about by September 11, 2001." ― Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and Member of the Military Commissions Review Panel

"Skillfully edited, the book weaves together an eclectic tableau of primary and secondary sources drawn from major court decisions and scholarly commentary over the past century. The result is a versatile stand-alone text and reference that should appeal to students of law, political science, criminal justice, history, and international relations alike." ― CHOICE Magazine

About the Authors

John Watkins is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama.

John Paul Weber is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Criminal Justice at Judson College.