Hankey lord postscript (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Initialed and briefly inscribed by author atop front free endpaper. "The main object of my portion of this book it to establish the principle, contrary to the view recently accepted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, that in any future war followed by trials and punishment of war criminals the only persons who can justly or fairly be tried and convicted are those who are proved to have been guilty of the violation of 'the laws and usages of war.' The United States included in the [Nuremberg] trials in the U.S. Zone of Germany persons alleged to have been guilty of 'Crimes against Peace' and 'Crimes against Humanity,' a measure to which there were very serious legal and other objections, as I shall hope to establish." - Preface. "Viscount Maugham (1866-1958) was a British barrister and judge who was Lord Chancellor from March 1938 until September 1939." - Wikipedia. vi, 7-143 pp. Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear to original blue cloth which is considerably sunned at backstrip and top of front board. No dust jacket. A sound signed example of this important legal treatise which is certain to be studied closely in the wake of current and future wars.; 8vo; Signed by Author.…