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245 1 0 _aLawfare: The Criminalization of Democratic Politics in the Global South /
_cedited by Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni, Cristina Caamaño, Valeria Vegh Weis.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2023
490 1 _aStudies in Critical Social Sciences ;
_v244
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aIn 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.
546 _aEnglish
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCrime.
650 0 _aCriminal law.
650 0 _aCriminals.
700 1 _aZaffaroni, Eugenio Raul,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aCaamaño, Cristina,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aVegh Weis, Valeria,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tLawfare: The Criminalization of Democratic Politics in the Global South.
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.
_z9789004535145
830 0 _aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
830 0 _aStudies in Critical Social Sciences ;
_v244.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004535152
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