I Ask for Justice: Maya Women, Dictators, and Crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944

by David Carey Jr. and David Carey

Book Overview

This study of the Guatemalan legal system during the regimes of two of Latin America's most repressive dictators reveals the surprising extent to which Maya women used the courts to air their grievances and defend their human rights.

Winner, Bryce Wood Book Award, Latin American Studies Association, 2015

Given Guatemala's record of human rights abuses, its legal system has often been portrayed as illegitimate and anemic. I...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477302107
• ISBN13: 9781477302101
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"