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The Pinochet effect : transnational justice in the age of human rights /
"The 1998 arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in London and subsequent extradition proceedings sent an electrifying wave through the international community. This legal precedent for bringing a former head of state to trial outside his home country signaled that neither the immunity of a former...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2005]
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| Colección: | Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The 1998 arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in London and subsequent extradition proceedings sent an electrifying wave through the international community. This legal precedent for bringing a former head of state to trial outside his home country signaled that neither the immunity of a former head of state nor legal amnesties at home could shield participants in the crimes of military governments. It also allowed victims of torture and crimes against humanity to hope that their tormentors might be brought to justice. In this meticulously researched volume, Naomi Roht-Arriaza examines the implications of the litigation against members of the Chilean and Argentine military governments and traces their effects through similar cases in Latin America and Europe."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812203073 0812203070 1283211920 9781283211925 |