John Laughland 
History of Political Trials [PDF ebook] 
From Charles I to Saddam Hussein

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The modern use of international tribunals to try heads of state for genocide and crimes against humanity is often considered a positive development. Many people think that the establishment of special courts to prosecute notorious dictators represents a triumph of law over impunity. In A History of Political Trials, John Laughland takes a very different and controversial view. He shows that trials of heads of state are in fact not new, and that previous trials throughout history have themselves violated the law and due process. It is the historical account which carries the argument. By examining trials of heads of state and government throughout history – figures as different as Charles I, Louis XVI, Erich Honecker, and Saddam Hussein – Laughland shows that modern trials of heads of state have ugly historical precedents. In their different ways, all the trials he describes were marked by arbitrariness and injustice, and many were gross exercises in hypocrisy. Political trials, he finds, are only the continuation of war by other means. With short and easy chapters, but the fruit of formidable erudition and wide reading, this book will force the general reader to re-examine prevailing opinions of this subject.
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Taal Engels ● Formaat PDF ● ISBN 9783035303070 ● Uitgeverij Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften ● Gepubliceerd 2012 ● Downloadbare 6 keer ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5775771 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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