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1 online resource (409 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prelude: Purposes and Plan of the Book; Abbreviations and Legal Terms; Chapter 1: What Is a War Crime?; War and Armed Conflict; Law and War; Pre-World War I: Evolution of Contemporary Law; Document: Geneva Convention; The Lieber Code and the American Civil War; Document: The Lieber Code (General Orders No. 100); The 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions; Document: List of 1907 Hague Conventions; Document: 1907 Hague Convention IV: Annex; Document: 1907 Hague Convention X; Naval Warfare; Document: Manual of the Laws of Naval War; References |
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Chapter 2: World War I: LeipzigDocument: Report, Commission on the Responsibility of the Authors of the War and on Enforcement of Penalties; Document: Treaty of Versailles; Trials; Trial Summaries #1: The Dover Castle and the Llandovery Castle; Document: Dover Castle; Document: Llandovery Castle; Superior Orders as a Defense; References; Chapter 3: Between World War I and World War II; The League of Nations; Document: Covenant of the League of Nations; Why Did the League Fail?; The Kellogg-Briand Pact: Regulating the jus ad bellum |
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Document: Kellogg-Briand Pact-Treaty between the United States and Other Powers Providing for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National PolicyWhat Did Kellogg-Briand Accomplish?; Extending the Scope of the jus in bello; Chemical and Biological Weapons; Document: Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Gas and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare; Prisoners of War (POWs); Document: Convention of July 27, 1929, Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; References; Chapter 4: World War II; What Caused World War II?; Germany; War Crimes |
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Nazi Party OrganizationsTrials; References; Chapter 5: Anton Dostler Case; Document: The Führerbefehl of 18 October, 1942; Trial Summary #2: The Dostler Case; Document: The Anton Dostler Case; The Importance of the Ruling on Jurisdiction; Reprisals; Superior Orders as a Defense; Reference; Chapter 6: German Concentration and Extermination Camps; The "Final Solution"; References; Chapter 7: Zyklon B Trial; Fritz Haber; What Is Zyklon B?; Fritz Haber and the Nazis; Preparing for the "Final Solution"; Trial Summary #3: The Zyklon B Case; Document: The Zykl on B Case |
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Setting the Stage for the DefenseSome Additional Notes for Future Reference; References; Chapter 8: Belsen Trial; Charges; Trial Summary #4: Belsen Trial; Document: Belsen Trial: Josef Kramer and 44 Others; Some Observations about the Testimony; A Note on Camp Organization; References; Chapter 9: Buchenwald Trial; Defendants; Trial Summary #5: Buchenwald Trial; Document: Buchenwald Trial (United States of America v. Josias Prince zu Waldeck et al.); Some Additional Findings of the Court; References; Chapter 10: The Malmedy Massacre Trial; Malmedy; Trial Summary #6: Malmedy Massacre |
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Document: Malmedy Massacre (United States v. Valentin Bersin, et al.) |
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War crime trials -- History
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War crime trials -- History -- Sources
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War crime trials
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History
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Sources
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Trial and arbitral proceedings
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781440838019 |
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1440838011 |
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