This present book examines some of the key features of the interplay between legal history, authoritarian rule and political transitions in Brazil and other cou

A comparative perspective of role played by three generations of European Constitutional Courts in the process of transition to democracy.

The quest for freedom from hunger and repression has triggered in recent years a dramatic, worldwide reform of political and economic systems. Never have so man

The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present. They focus on retribution against the leaders