{"product_id":"war-crimes-trials-and-other-essays-9781593640545","title":"War Crimes Trials And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eApproximately 10,000 \"War Crimes Trials\" have been held since 1945. Trials of Japanese military personnel ended in 1949, yet \"war crimes trials\" of Germans and Eastern Europeans continue to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost invariably, the charge is \"violation of the laws and customs of war,\" derived, in turn, from international conventions signed at the Hague in 1899 and 1907.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat these trials have little or no basis in law is clear from the wording of the treaties which are said to have been violated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe illegalities of \"war crimes\" proceedings include the admissi­bility of oral and written hearsay; the introduction of the concept of \"conspiracy\" into international law (unknown prior to 1945); the total lack of any pre-trial inquest or forensic evidence; and trial before a court itself composed of actual \"war criminals.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo quote the writings of Telford Taylor: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The issues surrounding the war crimes trials are numerous and complex; discussion and criticism of what was done should be welcomed by all who hope for a continuing development of inter­national law... but what should have been done instead is a problem generally ignored by those who condemn what was done in fact.\u003csup\u003e99\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe alternative is a fair trial before an impartial court under existing procedures and proper rules of evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liberty Bell Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873626689810,"sku":"9781593640545","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11bd00ad-da86-4ca5-ae12-488f6290e676.jpg?v=1737944952","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-crimes-trials-and-other-essays-9781593640545","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}