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UNINA9910790810003321 |
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Autore |
Davis Jeffrey <1967-> |
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Seeking human rights justice in Latin America : truth, extra-territorial courts, and the process of justice / / Jeffrey Davis |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 |
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1-107-50160-1 |
1-139-89006-9 |
1-107-54609-5 |
1-107-50593-3 |
1-107-49599-7 |
1-107-51635-8 |
1-139-01880-9 |
1-107-50327-2 |
1-107-51363-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International human rights courts - Latin America |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Building justice from truth : the process begins -- Reconstituting human dignity and the process of legal justice -- Truth and the process of justice -- The foundation of justice : the rights to truth and information -- Moving the process and proving the truth -- Exposing the truth and jump starting the process in extra-territorial courts -- The effect of extra-territorial courts on the process of justice and conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek legal justice. Their struggles show that legal justice is a multifaceted process, the overarching purpose of which is to restore human dignity and prevent further violence. Uncovering, revealing, and proving the truth are essential elements of legal justice, and are also powerful tools to activate the process. When |
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