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Quentin-Baxter, Robert Quentin - for appraisal

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: quer

Dates

  • 1946 - 1948

Biographical/Historical note

Quentin-Baxter, Robert Quentin

Missing Title

1984
Died

BA, LLB (NZ: Canterbury)

Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law: Professor, 1968

Quentin-Baxter was Secretary/Research assistant to the New Zealand judge at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial following WWII.

Biographical / Historical

The International Miltary Tribunal for the Far East convened on 5 May 1946 and adjourned on 12 November 1948. Its purpose was to try the leaders of the Japanese Imperial government for war crimes. The New Zealand judge was Erima Harvey Northcroft; his assistant from early 1947 was R.Q. Quentin-Baxter.

Extent

900 linear_centimeters (27 Transit boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
J C Beaglehole Room - archives and manuscripts
Status
Under Revision
Author
Nicola Frean
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is written inEnglish
Edition statement
XML EAD edition

Repository Details

Part of the J C Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library Repository

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