A lot of human rights themed books have been purchased for Homer Babbidge Library in the past few months.  This entry deals with books on war crimes and Nuremberg.  Check back for lists on other topics. 

DOCUMENTS ON THE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL: CHARTER, INDICTMENT AND JUDGMENTS, edited by Robert Cryer.  Oxford, 2008.

LAW, WAR AND CRIME: WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND THE REINVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, by Gerry J. Simpson. Cambridge, 2007.

MISSING ITALIAN NUREMBERG: CULTURAL ANMESIA AND POSTWAR POLITICS, by Michelle Battini.  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. 

WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: THE TOKYO TRIAL AND THE NUREMBERG LEGACY, by Madoka Futamura.  Routledge, 2008.

NUREMBERG LEGACY: HOW THE NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, by Norbert Ehrenfreund.  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.

PERSPECTIVES ON THE NUREMBERG TRIAL, edited by Guenael Mettraux.  Oxford, 2008. 

ATROCITIES ON TRIAL: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICS OF PROSECUTING WAR CRIMES, by Patricia Herberer.  University of Nebraska, 2008.

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL: A REAPPRAISAL, by Neil Boister.  Oxford, 2008.

TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIAL: THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR II, by Yuma Totani.  Harvard East Asian Series, 2008. 

CIVIL WAR AND THE RULE OF LAW: SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, edited by Agnes Hurwitz.  Lynne Rienner, 2008.

NO EASY FIX: GLOBAL RESPONSES TO INTERNAL WARS AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, by M. Patricia Marchak.  McGill/Queens University, 2008.

HUMANITARIAN OCCUPATION, by Gregory H. Fox.  Cambridge, 2008.

I’ll be posting more new book lists in the next few days.