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From events at Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, to the recent trials of Slobodan Miloševic and Saddam Hussein, war crimes trials are an increasingly pervasive feature of the aftermath of conflict. In his new book, Law, War and Crime, Gerry Simpson explores the meaning and effect of such trials, and places them in their broader political and cultural contexts. The book traces the development of the war crimes field from its origins in the outlawing of piracy to its contemporary manifestation in the establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Simpson argues that

"Is there such a thing as an 'international law' of which to be afraid? Can international law be seen as a coherent set of norms? Or is it, rather, something experienced radically differently by different individuals and groups in different parts of the world? And what do the different sets of international law seek to change or justify today? In [this book] noted authorities in this field respond to Raimond Gaita's invitation to explore ways in which international law constitutes a certain way of talking and being; one that might have both ameliorative and malign effects. The result is an extended and rich conversation about international law's aspirations and limitations, its nuances and rigidities, achievements and failures, relevance and irrelevance"--Back cover

The general course in Public International Law has not traditionally been considered a "black letter law" subject along the lines of the legislation and case law based domestic law subjects in most Australian Law School curricula. Despite the general acceptance among international law educators that international law is much more than simply a set of rules, teaching methods in the subject, at least in Australia, have rarely focused on the actual practices of international law, particularly the peculiarities of the process of international law making. Indeed, a clinical international legal education program has yet to be developed anywhere in Australia. This lack of attention to teaching about the making of international law poses a particular problem in the area of multilateral treaty making. Treaties are one of the four major formal sources of international law and, increasingly, are seen as the most significant component of the international legal order. An understanding of the principles of treaty law is fundamental to any analysis of the substantive provisions of an individual treaty and therefore indispensable to any student of international law. Yet, the methods and processes by which treaties emerge remains relatively unexplored in the discipline. This can be contrasted with scholarly activity in domestic law where "emergence studies" into national legislation is a thriving field.

Preliminary Material /Yuki Tanaka , Timothy L.H. McCormack and Gerry Simpson -- The Tokyo Trial: Humanity's Justice V Victors' Justice /Fujita Hisakazu -- Writing The Tokyo Trial /Gerry Simpson -- Japanese Societal Attitude Towards The Tokyo Trial: From A Contemporary Perspective /Madoka Futamura -- Selecting Defendants At The Tokyo Trial /Awaya Kentarō -- The Decision Not To Prosecute The Emperor /Yoriko Otomo -- Justice Northcroft (New Zealand) /Ann Trotter -- Justice Bernard (France) /Mickaël Ho Foui Sang -- Justice Patrick (United Kingdom) /Lord Bonomy -- Justice Röling (The Netherlands) /Robert Cryer -- Justice Pal (India) /Nakajima Takeshi -- The Case Against The Accused /Yuma Totani -- Command Responsibility For The Failure To Stop Atrocities: The Legacy Of The Tokyo Trial /Gideon Boas -- Reasons For The Failure To Prosecute Unit 731 And Its Significance /Tsuneishi Kei-ichi -- The Legacy Of The Tokyo Trial In China /Bing Bing Jia -- Forgotten Victims, Forgotten Defendants /The Hon O-Gon Kwon -- Knowledge And Responsibility: The Ongoing Consequences Of Failing To Give Sufficient Attention To The Crimes Against The Comfort Women In The Tokyo Trial /Ustinia Dolgopol -- Silence As Collective Memory: Sexual Violence And The Tokyo Trial /Nicola Henry -- Women's Bodies And International Criminal Law: From Tokyo To Rabaul /Helen Durham and Narrelle Morris -- The Atomic Bombing, The Tokyo Tribunal And The Shimoda Case: Lessons For Anti-Nuclear Legal Movements /Yuki Tanaka -- The Firebombing Of Tokyo And Other Japanese Cities /Ian Henderson -- Punishing Japan's 'Opium War-Making' In China: The Relationship Between Transnational Crime And Aggression At The Tokyo Tribunal /Neil Boister -- Tokyo's Continuing Relevance /Sarah Finnin and Tim McCormack -- Index /Yuki Tanaka , Timothy L.H. McCormack and Gerry Simpson.

For the Sake of Present and Future Generations: Essays on International Law, Crime and Justice in Honour of Roger S. Clark -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface & Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- PART 1: Roger S. Clark -- 1: Appreciation -- 2: Tribute -- 3: Laudatio: In Honour of Roger S. Clark -- 4: Roger Clark: A Personal Tribute -- 5: Roger Avant-Garde -- PART 2: Essays on Peace, War and Global Security -- 6: Germany and the Crime of Aggression -- 7: Mobilising Law on the Side of Peace: Security Council Reform and the Crime of Aggression -- 8: From the Shoulders of Giants: Harold Nicolson's Peacemaking 1919 and the Congress of Vienna -- 9: The Rule of Law, the International Justice System and Africa -- 10: Global Citizenship -- 11: From Dr Strangelove to Dr Suess: Contributions of Professor Roger Clark on the Legal Norm against Nuclear Weapons -- PART 3: Essays on Human Rights -- 12: Updating the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners -- 13: The High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Legal Obligation of Corporations to Respect International Human Rights Norms -- 14: Human Rights as International Constitutional Law -- 15: Human Rights in Foreign Policy: Can Realism be Liberalized? -- PART 4: Essays on Self-Determination -- 16: West Papuan Self-determination New Indigenous Rights or Oldfashioned Genocide? -- 17: 'Professor Clark, What Can We Do about the Western Sahara?' -- PART 5: Essays on International, Transnational and Comparative Criminal Law -- 18: Forks in the Road: Personal Reflections on Negotiating the Kampala Amendments on the Crime of Aggression -- 19: The Elusive Essence of Crimes against Humanity -- 20: Towards a New Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity -- 21: Challenges in Applying Article 8 of the Rome Statute -- 22: Perpetrators (Article 25 (3) of the ICC Statute)