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World War II and a New World Order

A Socio-Legal History of the Laws of War

ISBN: 978-1-83753-385-5, eISBN: 978-1-83753-384-8

Publication date: 27 September 2024

Abstract

This chapter examines World War II and its impact on international and military law. It covers the war’s key crimes, the Nürnberg and Tokyo tribunals, and the creation of the United Nations, the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949, and the Genocide Convention of 1948.

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Mullins, C.W. (2024), "World War II and a New World Order", A Socio-Legal History of the Laws of War (Emerald Advances in Historical Criminology), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 93-119. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-384-820241005

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2024 Christopher W. Mullins. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited