Dorfman, Ariel.

Exorcising terror : the incredible unending trial of general Augusto Pinochet / Ariel Dorfman. - 1st ed. - New York : Seven Stories Press, c2002. - 223 pages ; 18 cm.

Covers one of the most important human rights trials of the last 50 years, every twist and turn of the four-year-old trial in Great Britain, Spain, and Chile. For the first time in the twentieth century, a former head of state was being judged by a foreign court. Addresses some of today's burning issues, such as what are the limits of national sovereignity in a globalizing world?

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Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto--Trials, litigation, etc.


Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Great Britain.
Extradition--Spain.
Torture--History--Chile--20th century.


Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988.