{"product_id":"war-crimes-trials-and-other-carlos-whitlock-porter-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Whitlock Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593640544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593640545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Bell Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Carlos Whitlock Porter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995781234943,"sku":"9781593640545","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5134c6a9-28b3-4b79-b70b-2863423476e5.jpg?v=1683337814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-crimes-trials-and-other-carlos-whitlock-porter-9781593640545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}