Radical Evil on Trial

by Carlos Santiago Nino

Book Overview

Does an emergent democracy have an obligation to prosecute its former dictators for crimes against humanity--for what Arendt and Kant called "radical evil"? What impact will such prosecutions have on the future of democracy?

In this book, Carlos Santiago Nino offers a provocative first-hand analysis of developments in Argentina during the 1980s, when a brutal military dictatorship gave way to a democratic government. Nino played a key role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300077289
• ISBN13: 9780300077285
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"