Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252) and index.
Contents
Repression, legality, and authoritarian regimes -- National security legality in Brazil and the Southern Cone in comparative perspective -- The evolution of national security legality in Brazil and the southern cone -- Political trials in Brazil : the continuation of a conservative tradition -- "Wartime" legality and radical adaptation in Chile -- Antilegalism in Argentina -- Defense lawyers in Brazil's military courts : redefining free speech, subversion, terrorism, and crime -- Transitional justice and the legacies of authoritarian legality -- The sword and the robe : military-judicial relations in authoritarian and democratic regimes -- The puzzle of authoritarian legality.
