El ataque de Estados Unidos a Iraq en el año 2003 constituyó un enfrentamiento entre dos concepciones acerca del futuro de la Humanidad: por un lado, el “modelo imperial” que aplicó criterios propios al margen del Derecho y de las instituciones internacionales, y por otro, el “modelo federal”, encarnado por las Naciones Unidas y el Derecho Internacional y al que apoyó la sociedad civil a través de algunas de las movilizaciones más importantes de los últimos años. En este contexto, la muerte del periodista José Couso adquiere un sentido especial: es un símbolo mundial de la libertad de información y del derecho a saber la verdad. También es la causa de un largo y tortuoso proceso judicial promovido en España para desentrañar las circunstancias de su muerte y exigir las responsabilidades que correspondan. En este libro, expertos y científicos del ámbito jurídico y concretamente del Derecho Internacional y del Derecho Internacional Humanitario, analizan tanto el marco del conflicto de Iraq como el propio caso de José Couso.

La 4e de couverture indique : " El 20 de marzo de 2003 una coalición encabezada por Estados Unidos lanzó un ataque contra Iraq. El acto de agresión -así se califica en Derecho Internacional un ataque armado contra un Estado sin que corresponda ni al ejercicio de la legítima defensa (Iraq no había usado la fuerza armada contra ninguno de los coaligados) ni a una medida coactiva autorizado por el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas- se efectuó tras una importante derrota diplomática de la Administración Bush en la ONU.En este contexto, el periodista José Couso Permuy adquiere un sentido especial: es un símbolo mundial de la libertad de información y del derecho a saber la verdad. También es la causa de un largo y tortuoso proceso judicial promovido en España para desentrañar las circunstancias de su muerte y exigir las responsabilidades que correspondan. Un proceso abierto, tras dos sentencias del Tribunal Supremo y el procesamiento de tres militares estadounidenses acusados de este crimen de guerra, muestra que las oscuras "razones de Estado" no deben prevalecer sobre la verdad. Esta auténtica "lucha por el Derecho" -como lo denominó hace 140 años Ihering- es un combate que libra la sociedad entera para acabar con la impunidad y restablecer su propia concienca jurídica."

Why did formerly independent Chilean judges, trained under and appointed by democratic governments, facilitate and condone the illiberal, antidemocratic, and anti-legal policies of the Pinochet regime? Challenging the assumption that adjudication in non-democratic settings is fundamentally different and less puzzling than it is in democratic regimes, this book offers a longitudinal analysis of judicial behavior, demonstrating striking continuity in judicial performance across regimes in Chile. The work explores the relevance of judges' personal policy preferences, social class, and legal philosophy, but argues that institutional factors best explain the persistent failure of judges to take stands in defense of rights and rule of law principles. Specifically, the institutional structure and ideology of the Chilean judiciary, grounded in the ideal of judicial apoliticism, furnished judges with professional understandings and incentives that left them unequipped and disinclined to take stands in defense of liberal democratic principles, before, during, and after the authoritarian interlude.

This 9th volume of International Development Policy looks at recent paradigmatic innovations and related development trajectories in Latin America, with a particular focus on the Andean region. It examines the diverse development narratives and experiences in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru during a period of high commodity prices associated with robust growth, poverty alleviation and inequality reduction. Highlighting propositions such as buen vivir, this thematic volume questions whether competing ideologies and discourses have translated into different outcomes, be it with regard to environmental sustainability, social progress, primary commodity dependence, or the rights of indigenous peoples. This collection of articles aims to enrich our understanding of recent development debates and processes in Latin America, and what the rest of the world can learn from them. Contributors include: Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Alberto Acosta, Ana Elizabeth Bastida, Luis Bustos, Humberto Campodónico, Gilles Carbonnier, Ana Patricia Cubillo-Guevara, Fernando Eguren, Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, Eduardo García, Javier Herrera, Antonio Luis Hidalgo-Capitán, Robert Muggah, Gianandrea Nelli Feroci, José Antonio Ocampo, Camilo Andrés Peña Galeano, Guillermo Perry, Darío Indalecio Restrepo Botero, Sergio Tezanos Vázquez, and Frédérique Weyer.

Before his death in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored Iranian cinema's rise as an international force. His 1997 feature Taste of Cherry made him the first Iranian filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Critics' polls continue to place Close-Up (1990) and Through the Olive Trees (1994) among the masterpieces of world cinema. Yet Kiarostami's naturalistic impulses and winding complexity made him one of the most divisive—if influential—filmmakers of his time. In this expanded second edition, award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum renew their illuminating cross-cultural dialogue on Kiarostami's work. The pair chart the filmmaker's late-in-life turn toward art galleries, museums, still photography, and installations. They also bring their distinct but complementary perspectives to a new conversation on the experimental film Shirin. Finally, Rosenbaum offers an essay on watching Kiarostami at home while Saeed-Vafa conducts a deeply personal interview with the director on his career and his final feature, Like Someone in Love.

This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics.