Trials for International Crimes in Asia

The issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia, with still-resonant claims against the Japanese for war crimes, and deep schisms resulting from crimes in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and East Timor. Over the years, the region has hosted a succession of tribunals, from those held in Manila, Singapore and Tokyo after the Asia-Pacific War to those currently running in Dhaka and Phnom Penh. This book draws on extensive new research and offers the first comprehensive legal appraisal of the Asian trials. As well as the famous tribunals, it also considers lesser-known examples, such as the Dutch and Soviet trials of the Japanese, the Cambodian trial of the Khmer Rouge, and the Indonesian trials of their own military personnel. It focuses on their approach to the elements of international crimes, and their contribution to general theories of liability. In the process, this book challenges some orthodoxies about the development of international criminal law.

Info autore

Kirsten Sellars is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Riassunto

International crimes remain highly topical in Asia. A succession of tribunals have been convened in the region, from those held after the Asia-Pacific War to those currently running in Dhaka and Phnom Penh. This is the first book to assess their important contribution to the development of international criminal law.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kirsten (The Chinese University of Hong K Sellars, Kirsten Sellars, EDITED BY KIRSTEN SE
• Con la collaborazione di: Kirsten (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Sellars (Editore), Kirsten Sellars (Editore), Sellars Kirsten (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2015
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Diritto di famiglia
• EAN: 9781107104655
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10465-5
• Numero di pagine: 388
• Categorie: Asia, LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Criminal Law, Criminal procedure, Public international law: criminal law