LEADER 04134nam 2200637 450 001 9910460300903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-3250-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442632509 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433169 035 $a(EBL)3432132 035 $a(OCoLC)929153306 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669371 035 $a(CEL)450001 035 $a(OCoLC)918589172 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00930924 035 $a(DE-B1597)465794 035 $a(OCoLC)944178762 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442632509 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669371 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255910 035 $a(OCoLC)958557685 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433169 100 $a20160919h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCasual slaughters and accidental judgments $eCanadian war crimes prosecutions, 1944-1948 /$fPatrick Brode 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1997. 210 4$d©1997 215 $a1 online resource (323 p.) 225 0 $aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-5233-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-273) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Rumours of Murder -- $t2. Murder Division -- $t3. Indifference to the 'War Crimes Business7 -- $t4. Questions of Partiality -- $t5. Brigadeführer on Trial -- $t6. But for the Grace of God -- $t7. Shot like Wild Animals -- $t8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- $t9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- $t10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- $t11. 'Siegergericht? -- $t12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- $tAppendix. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer -- $tNotes -- $tPhoto Credits -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aWar 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 Judgements, a history of Canada?s prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War. It is a history that includes personalities such as Lt. Col. Bruce Macdonald, whose persistence overcame Ottawa?s reluctance to pursue the ?war crimes business,? and SS Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer, whose last-minute reprieve from death by firing squad followed a trial reminiscent of a Hollywood melodrama. 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 democratic Canada?s willingness to overcome its colonial past to defend its own interests on the international stage.The objectivity of the trials is still subject to question and they have been condemned by some as retaliatory. Brode clearly shows that Canada?s war crimes trials of 1945 to 1948 were a part of a movement to apply humane standards of conduct to warfare. Recent events in places such as Vietnam, Bosnia, and Somalia show how pertinent these concerns remain.(The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History) 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities 606 $aWar crime trials$zCanada 606 $aWar criminals$zGermany 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities. 615 0$aWar crime trials 615 0$aWar criminals 676 $a940.5405 700 $aBrode$b Patrick$0941942 712 02$aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460300903321 996 $aCasual slaughters and accidental judgments$92244567 997 $aUNINA