Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America [electronic resource] : Violations, Politics, and Prosecution /
Skaar, E.author.
This comparative analysis, focusing on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, explores the complex relationship between executive politics and judicial action, showing that judicial independence is a crucial factor in prosecution. It will engage Latin Americanists as well as all who are concerned with justice and human rights around the world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Retributive justice : The politics of prosecution -- Explaining post-transitional justice : a tentative theoretical framework -- Argentina : from trials to pardons to trials -- Chile : from truth to trials -- Uruguay : from impunity to trials -- The independence of judges and post-transitional justice -- Appendix 1 : list of interviews -- Appendix 2 : constitutional reforms affecting judicial independence.
This comparative analysis, focusing on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, explores the complex relationship between executive politics and judicial action, showing that judicial independence is a crucial factor in prosecution. It will engage Latin Americanists as well as all who are concerned with justice and human rights around the world.
Ethnology-Latin America.
International relations.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Political science.
Sociology.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Latin American Culture.
International Relations.
Latin American Politics.
Political Science.
Sociology, general.
Crime and Society.