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Surprise Attack: Crime At Pearl Harbor And Now (Part Ii), James J. Robinson
Surprise Attack: Crime At Pearl Harbor And Now (Part Ii), James J. Robinson
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This is the concluding portion of Judge Robinson's discussion of the Convention Relative to the Opening of Hostilities, signed at The Hague in 1907 (the "Third Hague Convention"), and its impact upon the 1948 Tokyo war crimes trial. Judge Robinson was United States counsel and naval legal officer in charge of the Pearl Harbor phase and other parts of the Tokyo trial. The first portion of his article appeared in the September issue of the Journal, beginning at page 973.
Surprise Attack: Crime At Pearl Harbor And Now, James J. Robinson
Surprise Attack: Crime At Pearl Harbor And Now, James J. Robinson
Articles by Maurer Faculty
In this issue, one of the United States Counsel at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial examines the legal and historical background of that trial which took place in Japan following World War II. Judge Robinson centers his discussion around the little-known provisions of the Convention Relative to the Opening of Hostilities, which was signed at The Hague in 1907. One of the primary purposes of that convention was to outlaw surprise attack such as that committed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. The first part of Judge Robinson's article appears in this issue; the second and concluding portion will be …