Prosecuting heads of state

Prosecuting heads of state [electronic resource] / edited by Ellen L. Lutz, Caitlin Reiger. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xxi, 326 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-308) and index.

Introduction / Ellen L. Lutz and Caitlin Reiger -- Prosecutions of heads of state in Europe / Ellen L. Lutz -- Prosecutions of heads of state in Latin America / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- The multiple prosecutions of Augusto Pinochet / Naomi Roht-Arrizaz -- A leader takes flight : the indictment of Alberto Fujimori / Ronald Gamarra -- Charm and punishment : how the Philippines' leading man became its most famous prisoner / Abby Wood -- Shifting legitimacy : the trials of Frederick Chiluba / Paul Lewis -- A justice "trickle-down" : Rwanda's first post-genocide president on trial / Lars Waldorf -- Justice squandered? : the trial of Slobodan Milošević / Emir Suljagić -- A big man in a small cell : Charles Taylor and the Special Court for Sierra Leone / Abdul Tejan-Cole -- Political pedagogy, Baghdad style : the Dujail trial of Saddam Hussein / Miranda Sissons and Marieke Wierda -- Conclusion / Ellen L. Lutz and Caitlin Reiger.


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Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
Heads of state--Legal status, laws, etc.


Electronic books.

K543.P6 / P76 2009eb

345/.0231