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Documents on the Tokyo International Military Tribunal

Documents on the Tokyo International Military Tribunal Charter, Indictment, and Judgments

Author: Neil Boister; Robert Cryer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199541928
Published In: September 2008
Format: Hardback
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Provides a full republication of the judgment of the Tokyo International Military Tribunal, including dissenting and separate opinions
Includes an analytical index of the entire judgment, facilitating research into the legal questions raised by the Tribunal
Features an extended introduction by the editors, setting the Tribunal and its judgment in their historical and legal contexts

Despite the recent growth of interest in international criminal law, in research and practice, the Tokyo International Military Tribunal remains largely neglected. One of the reasons for this is the absence of any readily available version of the judgments that emanated from the Tribunal. This absence has prevented informed debate about a hugely important part of the development of international criminal law.
These volumes fill the gap in the literature by reproducing the full text of the judgment, the separate and dissenting opinions and a selection of accompanying documents, including the charter, indictment and rules of procedure. All the documents are indexed and referenced to the original pagination of the Tribunal transcript. In addition, an introductory essay by the editors explains the nature of the tribunal and the law it applied, and outlines its impact on contemporary international criminal law.

Readership: Researchers and practitioners in international law, particularly international criminal law; historians of modern Japan; International Relations scholars working in the area of WWII and Western/Asian relations.

Introduction

Documents

Potsdam Declaration

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

Special Proclamation - Establishment of an International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Charter of the Tokyo International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Rules of Procedure of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Indictment

Ic Review of Judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Judgments

Majority Judgment

Separate Opinion of the President (President Webb)

Concurring Opinion of the Member from the Philippines (Justice Jaranilla)

Dissenting Opinion of the Member from France (Justice Bernard)

Dissenting Opinion of the Member from the Netherlands (Justice Röling)

Dissenting Opinion of the Member from India (Justice Pal)

Index

Edited by Neil Boister, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Edited by Robert Cryer, Professor of International and Criminal Law, University of Birmingham