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The Dispute Over Jurisdiction Prior to the Court Opening

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The Tokyo Trials have caused ongoing and wide-ranging debate outside China, especially in Japan. Nearly all of the controversies attached to them can be traced back to the court debate, and the one on jurisdiction dates back to even before the opening of the court session.

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Cheng, Z. (2019). The Dispute Over Jurisdiction Prior to the Court Opening. In: A History of War Crimes Trials in Post 1945 Asia-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6697-0_2

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