St Antony's Series: Fear and Distrust

Restrepo, E.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-12-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333921630

DOI: 10.1057/9781403920140

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 236