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Professor Schabas' book on the thwarted attempt to bring Kaiser Wilhelm II before an international court after the Great War on charges of war crimes, combines erudition and a fast-pace narrative that one rarely finds in scholarly works of this nature. Schabas has a masterful grip on the extensive sources that underpin this study. Throughout the book there are insights and comparisons to the post-1945 period that will delight not just the lay reader interested in international criminal history, but also the specialist historian interested in the twists and turns of the legal arguments of the key players involved in war crimes trials. This is a book all can read and profit by. * Anthony McElligott, author of Weimar Germany (Oxford Short History of Germany) * It seeks and succeeds in charting a historic process. It picks its way delicately through the issues and the motivations of various countries. It is assured in place and time, with contemporary issues explained briskly and satisfactorily. ... In all this, it is a work of serious historic merit. * Hugh MacDonald, The Herald * terrifically readable ... Schabas, a leading authority on international criminal law ... has produced a thorough and engaging account of the ambitious - if confused and ultimately abortive - attempt to bring the German Emperor to trial. * Lawrence R. Douglas, Times Literary Supplement * Schabas has done meticulous research among the unpublished archival records of this titanic legal struggle. * Isabel V. Hull, New York Review of Books *

Professor Schabas' book on the thwarted attempt to bring Kaiser Wilhelm II before an international court after the Great War on charges of war crimes, combines erudition and a fast-pace narrative that one rarely finds in scholarly works of this nature. Schabas has a masterful grip on the extensive sources that underpin this study. Throughout the book there are insights and comparisons to the post-1945 period that will delight not just the lay reader interested in international criminal history, but also the specialist historian interested in the twists and turns of the legal arguments of the key players involved in war crimes trials. This is a book all can read and profit by. * Anthony McElligott, author of Weimar Germany (Oxford Short History of Germany) * It seeks and succeeds in charting a historic process. It picks its way delicately through the issues and the motivations of various countries. It is assured in place and time, with contemporary issues explained briskly and satisfactorily. ... In all this, it is a work of serious historic merit. * Hugh MacDonald, The Herald * terrifically readable ... Schabas, a leading authority on international criminal law ... has produced a thorough and engaging account of the ambitious - if confused and ultimately abortive - attempt to bring the German Emperor to trial. * Lawrence R. Douglas, Times Literary Supplement * Schabas has done meticulous research among the unpublished archival records of this titanic legal struggle. * Isabel V. Hull, New York Review of Books * Not many authors can write a compelling book about an event that never happened. Yet, William Schabas has done exactly that ,,, The Trial of the Kaiser is meticulously researched and brings gripping insight to the origins of international criminal justice, unearthing the roots of today's codified and customary international criminal and humanitarian law. It recounts the history of the very first time world leaders and international lawyers began contemplating an international criminal tribunal. Moreover, the book resonates with modern parallels by touching on fundamental issues that still fuel debate among scholars and nations. * Dr. Mark Ellis, Los Angeles Review of Books *

Professor Schabas' book on the thwarted attempt to bring Kaiser Wilhelm II before an international court after the Great War on charges of war crimes, combines erudition and a fast-pace narrative that one rarely finds in scholarly works of this nature. Schabas has a masterful grip on the extensive sources that underpin this study. Throughout the book there are insights and comparisons to the post-1945 period that will delight not just the lay reader interested in international criminal history, but also the specialist historian interested in the twists and turns of the legal arguments of the key players involved in war crimes trials. This is a book all can read and profit by. * Anthony McElligott, author of Weimar Germany (Oxford Short History of Germany) *

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William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He is also professor of international human law and human rights at Leiden University, distinguished visiting faculty at Sciences Po in Paris, and honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights. Professor Schabas holds BA and MA degrees in history from the University of Toronto and LLB, LLM and LLD degrees from the University of Montreal, as well as several honorary doctorates. He is the author of more than twenty books in the fields of human rights and international criminal law. Professor Schabas drafted the 2010 and 2015 United Nations quinquennial reports on the death penalty. He was a member of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Professor Schabas is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Royal Irish Academy since 2007.

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