Monday, April 30, 2007

Globalized Justice

In this post, Sante raises an interesting question regarding internationalized justice, and Professor Dickovick brings up Pinochet in comments below.

If it were possible to try ordinary citizens of other countries for commiting crimes against your citizens, why not members of foreign governments, as well? It would be a blow to diplomacy in international relations' current structure; what kind of changes would it take to if not eliminate the global tension that would generate, then lessen it?

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