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Author:   Kirsten Sellars (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781107507098

ISBN 10:   110750709
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Simon Chesterman; Introduction Kirsten Sellars; 1. Treasonable conspiracies at Paris, Moscow, and Delhi: the legal hinterland of the Tokyo tribunal Kirsten Sellars; 2. Then and now: command responsibility, the Tokyo tribunal, and modern international criminal law Robert Cryer; 3. Colonial justice at the Netherlands Indies war crimes trials Lisette Schouten; 4. The superior orders defence at the postwar trials in Singapore Cheah Wui Ling; 5. The Khabarovsk trial: the Soviet riposte to the Tokyo tribunal Valentyna Polunina; 6. The People's Republic of China's 'lenient treatment' policy towards Japanese war criminals Ōsawa Takeshi; 7. Cambodia, 1979: trying Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide Tara Gutman; 8. Crimes against humanity in East Timor: the hearings at the Indonesian Ad Hoc Human Rights Court Mark Cammack; 9. Asia as the laboratory of the superior responsibility doctrine Rehan Abeyratne; 10. The two approaches to the superior orders plea Jia Bing Bing; 11. The joint criminal enterprise doctrine at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Neha Jain; 12. Trials for international crimes in Bangladesh: prosecutorial strategies, defence arguments, and judgments M. Rafiqul Islam; 13. Theories of joint criminal responsibility at the Asian tribunals: Hong Kong, East Timor, Cambodia Nina H. B. Jørgensen; 14. The tribunals in Bangladesh: falling short of international standards Abdur Razzaq.

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'Kirsten Sellars ... has put together a remarkable series of essays by authors of great expertise to chart the development from 1945 to date of international criminal trials in Asia.' Steven Kay QC, Muslim World Book Review Kirsten Sellars ... has put together a remarkable series of essays by authors of great expertise to chart the development from 1945 to date of international criminal trials in Asia. Steven Kay QC, Muslim World Book Review

'Kirsten Sellars … has put together a remarkable series of essays by authors of great expertise to chart the development from 1945 to date of international criminal trials in Asia.' Steven Kay QC, Muslim World Book Review

'Kirsten Sellars ... has put together a remarkable series of essays by authors of great expertise to chart the development from 1945 to date of international criminal trials in Asia.' Steven Kay QC, Muslim World Book Review

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

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