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" Prosecuting heads of state / "
edited by Ellen L. Lutz, Caitlin Reiger.
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BL
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951623
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b705993
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Prosecuting heads of state /\ edited by Ellen L. Lutz, Caitlin Reiger.
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (xxi, 326 pages) :: illustrations
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0511534264
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0521491096
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0521756707
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9780521491099
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9780521756709
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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The meteoric rise in criminal prosecutions of former heads of state is examined for the first time in this probing and engaging narrative.
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Heads of state-- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
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LAW-- Criminal Law-- General.
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Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
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345/.0231
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K543.P6P76 2009eb
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Lutz, Ellen L.
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Reiger, Caitlin,1970-
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