Australia’s War Crimes Trials 1945–51

Australia’s War Crimes Trials 1945-51
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
List of Maps and Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Maps
PART I: Trial Context, Issues and Perspectives
	Trial Context
		1: The Australian War Crimes Trials, 1945–51
		2: The Emperor’s Army: Military Operations and Ideology in the War against Australia
		Legal Issues
			3: Jurisdiction of the Australian Military Courts 1945–51
			4: The Australian Military Courts under the War Crimes Act 1945— Structure and Approach
			5: Command Responsibility and Other Grounds of Criminal Responsibility
			6: Obedience to Superior Orders and Related Defences
			7: The Prosecution of Crimes against Civilians
	Historical Perspectives
		8: Crimes against Captured Airmen
		9: Crimes against Asians in Command Responsibility Trials
		10: Cannibalism and the War Crimes Trials
		11: Death Sentences, Japanese War Criminals and the Australian Military
Part II: Trial Locations
	12: The Trials on Morotai
	13: The Trials at Wewak
	14: The Trials on Labuan
	15: The Trials in Darwin
	16: The Trials in Rabaul
	17: The Trials in Singapore
	18: The Trials in Hong Kong
	19: Last Trials: Manus Island
PART III: Post-Trial Reflections
	20: The Australian War Criminals Compounds at Rabaul and on Manus Island, 1945–53
	21: Changing Direction: Repatriation of Japanese War Criminals in Australian Custody
	22: The ‘Post-War’ of the BC-Class War Criminals: How Did War Criminals React to the Australian Trials?
	23: Were the Australian Trials Fair?
Appendix I: War Crimes Act 1945 (Cth)
Appendix II: Regulations for the Trial of War Criminals 1945 (Cth)
Appendix III: Board of Inquiry List of War Crimes
Appendix IV: Trials List with National Archives of Australia Series and Item Number
Indices