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The arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in October 1998 was a wake-up call to tyrants everywhere. The two subsequent rulings by the British House of Lords rejecting his claim of immunity forged legal history. This book traces the legal proceedings in the Pinochet case from the investigation in Spain, through the October 1999 ruling by a London Magistrate that Pinochet could be extradited to Spain, to the final decision to release Pinochet for health reasons. By including the full text of the British judicial decisions as well as the arrest warrants, translations of the key Spanish court rulings, excerpts from the legal arguments put forward by all sides, and commentaries by participants in the case and legal scholars, this volume gives the reader an understanding of the factual, political, and legal context of this historic prosecution.

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' [T]his work is a must for any human rights library and an excellent compendium of original materials for academics, international human rights practitioners, and international relations.' ASIL Newsletter UN21 Interest Group, January 2002.

'[T]his work is a must for any human rights library and an excellent compendium of original materials for academics, international human rights practitioners, and international relations.' ASIL Newsletter UN21 Interest Group, January 2002.

' [T]his work is a must for any human rights library and an excellent compendium of original materials for academics, international human rights practitioners, and international relations.' <br> ASIL Newsletter UN21 Interest Group, January 2002.

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