War Crimes Tribunals and Transitional Justice The Tokyo Trial and the Nuremburg Legacy

Advocates of the Nuremberg legacy' emphasise the positive impact of the individualisation of responsibility and the establishment of an historical record through judicial procedures for war crimes'. This legacy has been cited in the context of the establishment and operation of the UN ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals in the 1990s, as well for the International Criminal Court. The problem with this legacy, however, is that it is based solely on the experience of West Germany. Furthermore, the effect of the procedure on post-conflict society has not been empirically examined. This book does this by analysing the Tokyo Trial, the other International Military Tribunal established after World War II, and its impact on post-war Japan. This book examines the short- and long-term impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (the Tokyo Trial), on post-war Japan, in order to improve the understanding of and strategy for ongoing international war crimes tribunals. This book will be of much interest to students of war crimes, international law, transitional justice and International Relations in general. Madoka Futamura is based at the Department of War Studies, King's College, London, where she received her PhD.Futamura, Madok is the author of 'War Crimes Tribunals and Transitional Justice The Tokyo Trial and the Nuremburg Legacy', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415426732 and ISBN 0415426731.