The 1998 arrest of Senator Augusto Pinochet in London, on the orders of a Spanish judge seeking his extradition for human rights crimes, made headlines all over the world. Part of a wider, ongoing attempt by human rights activists and lawyers to prosecute the crimes of Latin American military regimes, the case has important implications for national and international law and for politics, diplomacy, and democracy. This book brings together political scientists and lawyers from Latin America, the United States, Spain, and the UK to analyze the political and historical context of the case, its progress through the courts in the UK and Chile, its handling by national governments, and its political and legal implications, both national and international. Contributors include Alan Angell (St Antony's College, Oxford), Alexandra Barahona de Brito (Instituto de Estudos Estrategicos e Internacionais and Universidade Moderna, Lisbon), Francisco Bravo Lopez (Chilean Interior Ministry), Juan E. Garces (1999 recipient of the Right Livelihood Award for his work in preparing the Pinochet case), Carlos Huneeus (CERC, Chile and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Brian Loveman (San Diego State University), Carlos Malamud (Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos, Madrid), Antonio Remiro Brotons (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Naomi Roht-Arriaza (University of California, Hastings College of Law), and Diana Woodhouse (Oxford Brookes University).
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Madeleine Davis is Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Queen Mary, University of London and Associate Fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies.
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Worldwide interest in the progress of the Pinochet case was intense and news coverage extensive. It was immediately clear that the case had enormous potential significance for the development and practice of international law. The House of Lords' rulings of November 1998 and March 1999 were greeted by human rights campaigners as a groundbreaking acknowledgement of the principle of universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity, and already the 'Pinochet effect' has led to the issue of a number of international arrest warrants for other former heads of state or suspected war criminals, including the former dictator of Chad, Hissene Habre, and Rwandan war crimes suspect, Tharcisse Muvunyi. The fallout from the Pinochet case has greatly increased pressure for the establishment of an international criminal court to investigate and hear such cases, albeit in the context of continuing uncertainty about precisely what the jurisdictional remit of such a court might be. The involvement in the case of judicial actors from a number of different countries, and the very active role of the Spanish judiciary in particular, has heightened debate over a phenomenon known as the 'judicialisation' of politics, with national as well as international manifestations.
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A well written and pieced together book detailing the arrest and implications of Pinochets arrest on the world stage. Just facts with no opinions - you are allowed to develop your own opinions. It will be interesting to go back to it in a few years when new laws have been created and old laws changed, just to see how Pinochet truely affects the outcome of the ICC.
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