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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roht-Arriaza, Naomi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2005]
Colección:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Beginning
  • Chapter 2. The Adventures of Augusto Pinochet in the United Kingdom: A "Most Civilized Country"
  • Chapter 3. The Investigations Come Home to Chile
  • Chapter 4. Argentina: Truth and Consequences
  • Chapter 5. The European Cases
  • Chapter 6. Operation Condor Redux
  • Chapter 7. The Legal Legacy of Pinochet: Universal Jurisdiction and Its Discontents
  • Chapter 8. The Actors Behind the Pinochet Cases
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.