The Tokyo Trial, Justice, and the Postwar International Order

Aleksandra Babovic is Assistant Professor at Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences, Japan. She holds a PhD from Kobe University Graduate School of Law with a specialization in Diplomatic History and earned her MA degree from Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po (France). She is a lecturer at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (Japan) and Osaka University (Japan). Her research interests include Japanese post-war history, international criminal law and justice, and more specifically the Tokyo Tribunal.

Part I.- 1. The Tokyo Tribunal, Justice, and International Order.- 2. In the Shadow of the Paris Peace Conference: Behind the Scene of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.- 3. The IMTFE as a Venue for Legislating Process.- 4. The Hegemonic Narrative of the Pacific War: Japan’s Conspired and Aggressive War.- 5. The Partial Interest for Victims and Strategic “Forgetting” at the Tokyo Tribunal.- 6. Emperor Hirohito as the Japanese Kaiser and Selection of the IMTFE Defendants.- Part II.- 7. Towards the Post-Institutional Phase of the Tokyo Tribunal: Narratives, Sentences, Detentions.- 8. Forgiveness by Law and Dilemmas on the Nature of the War Criminal Program in Japan.- 9. Stagnation and Confusion: The Incoherencies of the War Criminal Program in Japan.- 10. From Criminals to Spirits: Class A War Criminals.- 11. International Criminal Tribunals: Cui Bono?.