Judicial Responsibility and Coups d'Etat av Kriangsak Kittichaisaree

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<P>This book examines the responsibility of judges of domestic courts following unconstitutional usurpation of power of government (<I>coups d''¿t)</I>. It explores judges'' liability for failing to discharge their judicial duty independently and impartially, and the criminality of usurpers and their accomplices and collaborators for their violation of fundamental rights and freedoms or commission of crimes of international concern. Written by a highly regarded non-Western author, the book is coherent and meticulously researched, covering an approach to <I>coups</I> in an insightful and fascinating fashion. It includes a sophisticated and thorough analysis of the relevant comparative jurisprudence of domestic and international courts, with concrete examples of the best practices among decisions of domestic courts in countries that have experienced <I>coups d''¿t</I>. With an increasing global interest in the phenomenon of <I>coups</I>, democratic backsliding and the place and role of t