Beyond Victor's Justice? ─ The Toyoko War Crimes Trial Revisited

Tanaka (history, Hiroshima City U., Japan), McCormack (law, U. of Melbourne Law School, Australia), and Simpson (law, U. of Melbourne Law School) present a collection of papers arising out of a November 2008 conference at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law that was organized with the purpose of going beyond the "familiar victor's justice critique" of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals organized following the defeat of Japan in World War II (not to dismiss the critique, they argue, but because it is so prevalent that it obscures under-researched aspects). Twenty-two chapters discuss such issues as the selection of the defendants and the decision not to prosecute Emperor Hirohito, provide individual examinations of the judges, analyze the proceedings, explore crimes towards China and Korea and towards the so-called "comfort women" that were not prosecuted, and consider Allied crimes that also went unprosecuted. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Yuki Tanaka is a Research Professor of History at the Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University and was the Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law at The University of Melbourne in 2008. Tim McCormack is a Professor of Law at The University of Melbourne Law School and was recently appointed Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.Gerry Simpson is a Professor of Law at The University of Melbourne Law School and is the Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, and the Global Justice Studio.