- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 147 pages)
- Summary
- "In The Criminalization of Democratic Politics in the Global South, Zaffaroni, Caamaño and Vegh Weis offer an account of the misuse of the law to criminalize progressive political leaders in Latin America. Indeed, more and more popular political leaders in the region end up imprisoned or persecuted, even while in power. Inacio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil and author of the preface, is the quintaessential case of this worrying process. Despite the centrality of this juridical-political phenomenon in Latin America, it is hardly known to the Anglo-Saxon public. This book seeks to fill this gap. In an accessible style, the authors deconstruct the judicial language and the main problematics of lawfare, calling attention to the fact that it might end up demolishing the rule of law for the sake of fostering the most cruel forms of neoliberalism"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; volume 244
- Uniform Title
- ¡Bienvenidos al lawfare!. English (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction to the English version / Valeria Vegh Weis -- The destruction of Criminal Law / Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni -- The destruction of law of criminal procedure / Cristina Caamaño -- The destruction of criminology / Valeria Vegh Weis -- Some exemplary lawfare cases / Cristina Caamaño, Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni and Valeria Vegh Weis -- First Afterword / Eli Gómez Alcorta -- Second Afterword / Atilio Boron.
- LCCN
- 2023004197
- OCLC
- ssj0002875681
- Title
Lawfare [electronic resource] : the criminalization of democratic politics in the global South / edited by Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni, Cristina Caamaño, Valeria Vegh Weis ; translated by Federico Barea and Casey Gough.
- Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Series
Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; volume 244
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Zaffaroni, Eugenio Raúl.
Caamaño, Cristina, 1958-
Vegh Weis, Valeria.
Barea, Federico.
Gough, Casey.
- Translation Of:
¡Bienvenidos al lawfare!. Buenos Aires : Capital Intelectual, 2020. 9789876146159.