The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law

Introduction; 1 The Origins of the Zonal Trials; 2 The OCC and the Tribunals; 3 The Evolution of the Trial Program; 4 The Trials; 5 Jurisdiction and Legal Character of the Tribunals; 6 Evidence; 7 Procedure; 8 Crimes Against Peace; 9 War Crimes; 10 Crimes Against Humanity; 11 Modes of Participation; 12 Conspiracy, Common Plan, and Criminal Membership; 13 Defenses; 14 Sentencing; 15 Aftermath; 16 Legacy; Conclusion; Appendix A: Table of Defendants, Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences; Appendix B: The London Charter; Appendix C: Law No. 10; Appendix D: Military Ordinance No. 7; Appendix E: Uniform Rules of Procedure

Kevin Jon Heller, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School

From the inclusion of women prosecutors, to discussion of the best means to legally represent the Holocaust, to policy-making which saw the convicts released within only ten years Heller has provided a wealth of detail and a valuable starting-point for further thought and research...to be primarily recommended as a text for practitioners specialised in this area. Tara O'Leary, London School of Economics Review of Books Kevin Heller's book...makes a significant and much needed contribution to the field of international criminal law, which generally suffers from an absence of adequate historical literature. Cecily Rose, BYIL. Well-written, vigorously researched, and impressively ambitious in its scope, Hellers book makes an important case for a proposition that I take to be correct: in important respects the NMT program, more than the IMT, anticipated, if not paved the way to, more recent developments in international criminal law. Lawrence Douglas, Holocaust Genocide Studies ...the book provides an unquestionably original appraisal of the NMT, filling a clear gap in the current literature. In doing so it provides both a useful starting point for students of international criminal law and an incredibly valuable contribution to scholars currently immersed in the area. Nicola Palmer, European Human Rights Law Review Scholarly interest in these tribunals has been relatively limited, and Heller seeks to address this gap by producing the most extensive and authoritative text on the tribunals to date. Sara Kendall, Melbourne Journal of International Law Kevin Hellers magisterial survey of the Nuremberg Military Tribunals offers the first comprehensive account of the trials, as well as an insightful analysis of the tribunals' jurisprudence and legal basis. Devin O. Pendas, International and Comparative Law Quarterly Kevin Jon Heller is a first-rate legal analyst, a fine historian, an expert on international criminal law, and a lucid writer. This timely book will interest