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Justice and Law in Latin America: A Cuban Example

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Francisco José Moreno
Francisco José Moreno*
Affiliation:
Department of Politics, New York University
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The period immediately following Castro's overthrow of Batista on New Year's Day 1959 was followed by a series of revolutionary trials that attempted to weed out and punish supporters of the fallen dictatorship and “enemies of the revolution.” One of the most unusual of these political trials became a cause célèbre that called into question the general nature of law and justice in Castro's Cuba. The analysis of this case allows us to see clearly the relationship that has traditionally existed between the ideas of law and justice in Latin American culture. This study also touches incidentally upon the ever present judicial problem of defining the responsibility of soldiers for their actions during warfare.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , July 1970 , pp. 367 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1970

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