Japanese War Criminals, The Politics of Justice After the Second World War by Wilson, Sandra -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Note on Names, Spelling, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Defining War Crimes and Creating Courts

The Crimes Anticipating Prosecution The Political Aims of Prosecution Legal Questions Jurisdiction Legislation and Courts

2. Investigation and Arrest

Collecting Evidence, Arresting Suspects The Promise and Problem of Command Responsibility Selection of Defendants

3. In Court: Indictment, Trial, and Sentencing

Indictments Courts Procedures Case for the Defense Verdicts, Sentences, and Review Execution

4. Dilemmas of Detention and the First Misgivings

Prisons Ending the Trials Toward Parole and Release Further Misgivings

5. Shifting Mood, Shifting Location

Appealing to Compassion Changing Perceptions of Japanese Soldiers Transfer to Japan From Individual Guilt to National Responsibility

6. Peace and Article 11

Early Treaty Drafts War Guilt and “Pardon” The Final Drafts Japanese Responses The Japanese Public and War Criminals The Treaty and Article 11

7. Japanese Pressure Mounts

Immediate Responses to the Peace and Article 11 Managing Article 11 Ordinary Men with Aging Mothers Public Advocacy Politicians, Bureaucrats, and War Criminals

8. Finding a Formula for Release

Further Releases The Last Repatriations Clemency for the IMTFE Defendants New Trials

9. The Race to Clear Sugamo

The Netherlands and Australia Find a Way Out Balancing Moral Pressure with Public Opinion Hotel Sugamo Reviewing the Cases Dealing with the Hard Core

Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index