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.
Spis treści
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
O autorze
ELIN SKAAR Senior Researcher and head of the Transitional Justice Research Programme at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway.