04095nam a22006255i 4500 978-3-031-44188-2 DE-He213 20251030110841.0 cr nn 008mamaa 231127s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031441882 978-3-031-44188-2 10.1007/978-3-031-44188-2 doi K7000-7720.22 LB bicssc LAM bicssc LAW051000 bisacsh LB thema LAM thema Palamone, Gustavo. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 67594 Presidential Impeachment in Latin America [electronic resource] : A Matter of Law or Politics? / by Gustavo Palamone. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XIII, 378 p. 26 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Introduction -- Impeachment in History and Thought -- Impeachment in Latin America -- Legal Aspects of Impeachment in Comparison -- Conclusions. This book pursues a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to assess presidential impeachments in Latin America. Mixing methodologies from legal studies and political science, it provides a novel and comprehensive assessment of some of the most controversial questions regarding the constitutional function of impeachment and its place in the theory of government. Presidential impeachments have become frequent in Latin America, yet they are still largely misunderstood by legal practitioners and the general public. As such, impeachments frequently provide for heated and polarizing debates. The misunderstandings stem from skewed expectations arising from different theories of government, legal interpretation, and presidential impeachment. The empirical evidence and arguments presented here will help to find common ground on these topics and pacify some latent tensions in society and academia. In addition, the book’s case studies cover cases that have been rarely or incompletely addressed in the literature. Some cover events so recent that they have never been analyzed elsewhere. The book proposes reconsidering certain assumptions made about systems of government, which are based on skewed expectations of impeachments. It also draws on new evidence to re-examine existing impeachment theories and develop new ones. By doing so, it offers valuable insights that may guide lawmakers to redesign their own systems, optimizing them to achieve certain goals. It will also acquaint legal practitioners with the strategies of prosecution, defense, and decision-making in connection with impeachments. Private international law. 65660 Conflict of laws. 65661 International law. 58292 Comparative law. 65662 Constitutional law. 67595 Law Philosophy. 67596 Law History. 67597 Comparative government. 67598 Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law. 65667 Constitutional Law. 67599 Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. 67600 Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations. 67601 Comparative Politics. 60386 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031441875 Printed edition: 9783031441899 Printed edition: 9783031441905 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44188-2 ZDB-2-LCR ZDB-2-SXLC 56654 56654