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"Political (In)Justice compares the legal aspects of political repression in three recent military regimes: Brazil (1964-1985), Chile (1973-1990), and Argentina (1976-1983). By focusing on political trials as a reflection of each regime's overall approach to the law, Anthony Pereira argues that the practice of each regime can be explained by examining the prior relationship between the judiciary and the military."--Jacket

Rule of law --- Authoritarianism --- Political science --- Authority --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- 89.36 authoritarian systems (political science). --- Argentina. --- Authoritarian regimes. --- Authoritarianism. --- Autoritarisme --- Brazil. --- Chile. --- Constitutional state. --- Legal systems. --- Politische Verfolgung. --- Recht. --- Rule of law. --- Règle de droit --- Geschichte 1964-1985. --- Geschichte 1973-1990. --- Geschichte 1976-1983. --- Argentinien. --- Brasilien. --- Règle de droit --- Argentinien --- Chile --- Brasilien --- Brazil --- Argentina

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Existing models of state formation are derived primarily from early Western European experience, and are misleading when applied to nation-states struggling to consolidate their dominion in the present period. In this volume, scholars suggest that the Western European model of armies waging war on behalf of sovereign states does not hold universally. The importance of 'irregular' armed forces - militias, guerrillas, paramilitaries, mercenaries, bandits, vigilantes, police, and so on - has been seriously neglected in the literature on this subject. The case studies in this book suggest, among other things, that the creation of the nation-state as a secure political entity rests as much on 'irregular' as regular armed forces. For most of the 'developing' world, the state's legitimacy has been difficult to achieve, constantly eroding or challenged by irregular armed forces within a country's borders. No account of modern state formation can be considered complete without attending to irregular forces.

Civil-military relations. --- Armed Forces --- State, The. --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Civil-military relations --- Political participation --- Sociology, Military --- Military and civilian power --- Military-civil relations --- Executive power --- Military government --- Political activity. --- State, The --- Political activity --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Armed Forces - Political activity