Colombian Criminal Justice in Crisis Fear and Distrust
Description
Most people believe that criminal justice in Colombia is rife with impunity and corruption. Elvira María Restrepo delves beneath such beliefs to reveal a system driven at a fundamental level by fear and distrust from outside the system itself. With the present difficulties in the country tantamount to a state of irregular war, the judiciary is in crisis. It has to contribute to the construction of peace and the reconstruction of trust, or perish.
Keywords
Political ScienceWorldCaribbean & Latin AmericanLawInternational RelationsPolitical IdeologiesHistory & Theory
2001Book
Author(s)Elvira María Restrepo
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333921630
LanguageEnglish
