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- catalog abstract "War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are often surprisingly hesitant to pursue war criminals. Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of such issues in Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments, a history of Canada's prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War. Brode illustrates the difficulties of applying law to a recently defeated enemy when the emotions and politics of war distort any sense of impartial justice. The trials also reveal much about the legal and diplomatic views that prevailed at the end of the war and demonstrate Canada's willingness to overcome its colonial past to defend its own interests on the international stage.".
- catalog contributor b10237835.
- catalog contributor b10237836.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the Ẁar Crimes Business' -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadefuhrer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht' -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- App. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-273) and index.".
- catalog description "War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are often surprisingly hesitant to pursue war criminals. Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of such issues in Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments, a history of Canada's prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War. Brode illustrates the difficulties of applying law to a recently defeated enemy when the emotions and politics of war distort any sense of impartial justice. The trials also reveal much about the legal and diplomatic views that prevailed at the end of the war and demonstrate Canada's willingness to overcome its colonial past to defend its own interests on the international stage.".
- catalog extent "xix, 290 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Casual slaughters and accidental judgments.".
- catalog identifier "080204204X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Casual slaughters and accidental judgments.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog relation "Casual slaughters and accidental judgments.".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog spatial "Japan.".
- catalog subject "341.6/9 21".
- catalog subject "D803 .B76x 1997".
- catalog subject "Meyer, Kurt, 1910-1961.".
- catalog subject "War crime trials Canada.".
- catalog subject "War criminals Germany.".
- catalog subject "War criminals Japan.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the Ẁar Crimes Business' -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadefuhrer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht' -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- App. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer.".
- catalog title "Casual slaughters and accidental judgments : Canadian war crimes prosecutions, 1944-1948 / Patrick Brode.".
- catalog type "text".