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Drawn in part from personal interviews with participants and witnesses, Herbert Braun’s analysis of the riot’s roots, its patterns and consequences, provides a dramatic account of this historic turning point and an illuminating look at the making of modern Colombia. Braun’s narrative begins in the year 1930 in Bogotá, Colombia, when a generation of Liberals and Conservatives came to power convinced they could kept he peace by being distant, dispassionate, and rational. One of these politicians, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, was different. Seeking to bring about a society of merit, mass participation, and individualism, he exposed the private interests of the reigning politicians and engende...
This book provides a detailed account of the political career of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, the populist leader of Colombia during the 1930s and 1940s.
Silences, taboos, and "public secrets" carry their own deep meaning about Argentina's painful legacy of repression.
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Este libro es el producto de la observación y del análisis jurídico penal y criminológico de lo que consideramos el fenómeno judicial más importante de nuestra época: la investigación y juzgamiento de las violaciones masivas a los derechos humanos cometidas durante la última dictadura militar. El proceso de Memoria, Verdad y Justicia ha tenido un claro impacto en el campo jurídico penal. Los juicios por delitos de lesa humanidad han dado lugar a novedosos desarrollos doctrinarios, jurisprudenciales y normativos, como así también a nuevas prácticas de litigio y de organización de la administración de justicia. Existe una visión tradicional de la enseñanza del derecho penal y ...