The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights

by Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Book Overview

The 1998 arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in London and subsequent extradition proceedings sent an electrifying wave through the international community. This legal precedent for bringing a former head of state to trial outside his home country signaled that neither the immunity of a former head of state nor legal amnesties at home could shield participants in the crimes of military governments. It also allowed victims of torture and crimes against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219740
• ISBN13: 9780812219746
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.3"