Radical Evil on Trial

✍ Scribed by Carlos Santiago Nino

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Does an emergent democracy have an obligation to prosecute its former dictators for crimes against humanity - for what Ardent and Kant called radical evil? In this study, an analysis is provided of developments in Argentina during the 1980s, when a military dictatorship gave way to democracy.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Part 1: The Historical Context
1 Punishment as a Response to Human Rights Violations: A Global Perspective
The Crimes of World War II
Post-World War II Europe
Human Rights Violations Outside Europe
2 Retroactive Justice in Argentina
The Historical Background
Recurring Trends in Argentine History
Political Polarization and Escalating Violence, 1960-1976
The Military Dictatorship, 1976-1980
The Transition to Democracy: Phase One, 1980-1983
President Alfonsin, 1983
The Second Phase, 1984
The Third Phase, 1985
The Fourth Phase, 1986-1990
Part 2: The Normative Dimensions
3 Political Problems of Trials for Human Rights Violations
The Politics of Argentina’s Human Rights Trials
The Explanatory Variables
Should Democrats Punish or Pardon?
4 The Morality of Punishing and Investigating Human Rights Violations
5 Legal Problems of Trials for Human Rights Violations
Legality
The Defenses
Conclusion
Notes
Editor's Note
Index