Is an attack on a country without a declaration of war a war crime? The Tokyo war crimes trials, 1946-48, ruled that Hideki Tojo, the…
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Tag: Legal History (Books)
US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court used to be the strongest of the three limbs of the US government. It can declare an executive order of the…
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The Gang of Four – Part 1
This book The Cultural Revolution on Trial, published in 2016, is the most recent book on the trial of The Gang of Four. The trial…
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Sunday Book Haul
Last Sunday I bought 3 excellent books at Kinokuniya KLCC. The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials by Telford Taylor is a memoir by one of…
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Hirohito’s Controversial Legacy
The Tokyo War Criminals Trial tried Tojo and 27 top Japanese wartime leaders who waged WW2. The man responsible was not indicted. Hirohito was allowed…
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China Alone – Part 2
Before the victors set up The Nuremberg trials to try the Germans and the Tokyo trials to try the Japanese, there are no crimes known…
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Lord Atkin
Lord Atkin is considered one of the greatest of all English common lawyers. He is also regarded as one of the best criminal judges of…
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One prose. One verse.
Here are 2 anthologies. One prose. One verse. Lord Wavell started to compile his anthology in 1941 while fighting the Japanese. To him, it was…
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The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson
The murders took place on 12 June 1994. This book published within a year of the acquittal is brisk, informative and presents a compelling picture…
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The liberation of the Auschwitz
27 Jan 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red army. Here are 3 books on the…
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