Hong Kong's war crimes trials
By: Suzannah Linton
Series: Oxford scholarship online
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780191749070
Subjects: War crime trials; History
Description: Immediately after the Second World War, 46 trials were held by the British military in Hong Kong in which 123 defendants mainly from Japan, were tried for war crimes. This book is the first to analyze these trials, situating them within their historical context and showing their importance for the development of international criminal law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.