The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice: Voices from Latin America and Spain - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415870259 ISBN 13: 9780415870252

Verlag: Routledge, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

This book examines the role of courts in times of transition. The book focuses on judicial experiences from the Iberoamerican region, in particular Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain and Guatemala, exploring the extent to which national courts have been able to shoulder the task of investigating and prosecuting grave crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in the context of a previous repressive rule or current conflict. The volume contains contributions from judges, prosecutors, and scholarly experts in the region. It offers first-hand experiences and expert findings on crucial issues surrounding the role of the courts. The book also draws attention to the way in which regional and international courts have come to contribute to the initiation of national judicial processes, above all, through international standard-setting and pressure. It goes on to articulate a philosophical critique of the dominant understandings of transitional justice because it has not paid sufficient attention to criminal justice. In this context, the volume outlines an alternative conceptualisation that seems better equipped to both explain the recent developments towards the 'judicialization' of transitional justice politics while, at the same time, also insisting on the continued need for caution and critical reflection on the role of courts in times of transition.

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Jessica Almqvist is a Lecturer in Public International Law at the University Autonóma of Madrid, specializing in international law of human rights and criminal justice. She has published Human Rights, Culture and the Rule of Law and Justicia Transicional en Iberoamérica (co-edited with Carlos Espósito).

Carlos Esposito is a Professor of Public International Law at the University Autónoma of Madrid. He has published widely, including the books, Inmunidad del Estado y derechos humanos (2007) and La jurisdicción consultiva de la Corte Internacional de Justicia (1996).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415870259
• ISBN 13: 9780415870252
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Herausgeber: Almqvist Jessica, Esposito Carlos
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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