Bibliographic Information
- Title
- "Interpreters and war crimes"
- Statement of Responsibility
- Kayoko Takeda
- Publisher
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- Routledge
- Publication Year
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- 2021
- Book size
- 25 cm
- Series Name / No
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- : hbk
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Notes
Summary: "Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book raises new questions and provides different perspectives on the roles, responsibilities, ethics and protection of interpreters in war while investigating the substance and agents of Japanese war crimes and legal aspects of interpreters' taking part in war crimes. Informed by studies on interpreter ethics in conflict, historical studies of Japanese war crimes and legal discussion on individual liability in war crimes, Takeda provides a detailed description and analysis of the 39 interpreter defendants and interpreters as witnesses of war crimes at British military trials against the Japanese in the aftermath of the Pacific War, and tackles ethical and legal issues of various risks faced by interpreters in violent conflict. The book first discusses the backgrounds, recruitment and wartime activities of the accused interpreters at British military trials in addition to the charges they faced, ... "
Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-175) and index
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1130569523168577320
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- NII Book ID
- BC04430983
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- ISBN
- 9780367557492
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- LCCN
- 2020045323
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- Web Site
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045323
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Country Code
- uk
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- Title Language Code
- en
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- Place of Publication
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- London
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- Classification
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- LCC: KZ1185
- DC23: 341.6/90268
- DC23: 341.690268
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- Subject
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- LCSH: War crimes trials -- Pacific Area -- History -- 20th century
- LCSH: Military courts -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- LCSH: World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Pacific Area
- LCSH: Translators -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Criminal provisions -- History -- 20th century
- LCSH: Japan -- Armed forces -- Official and employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Criminal provisions -- History -- 20th century
- LCSH: Criminal liability (International law) -- History -- 20th century
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- Data Source
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- CiNii Books