Amnesty in Brazil : recompense after repression, 1895-2010 / Ann M. Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Ann M., author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Pitt latin american series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reparation (Criminal justice)--Brazil--History.

Reparation (Criminal justice).

Transitional justice--Brazil--History.

Transitional justice.

Amnesty--Brazil--History.

Amnesty.

History.

Brazil.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021.

Summary:

"In 1895, forty-seven rebel military officers contested the terms of a law that granted them amnesty but blocked their immediate return to the armed forces. During the century that followed, numerous other Brazilians who similarly faced repercussions for political opposition or outright rebellion subsequently made claims to forms of recompense through amnesty. By 2010, tens of thousands of Brazilians had sought reparations, referred to as amnesty, for repression suffered during the Cold War-era dictatorship. This book examines the evolution of amnesty in Brazil and describes when and how it functioned as an institution synonymous with restitution. Ann M. Schneider is concerned with the politics of conciliation and reflects on this history of Brazil in the context of broader debates about transitional justice. She argues that the adjudication of entitlements granted in amnesty laws marked points of intersection between prevailing and profoundly conservative politics with moments and trends that galvanized the demand for and the expansion of rights, showing that amnesty in Brazil has been both surprisingly democratizing and yet stubbornly undemocratic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I AMNESTY AS RECOURSE, 1890s

1910

Prologue: Two Admirals

1. Linking Restitution to Amnesty, "Even though Superfluous," 1890s

2. Amnesty as Penalty: An Inversion in the 1895 Law

3. The Shame of Amnesty: Black Sailors in Revolt, 1910

pt. II THE BUREAUCRATIZATION OF AMNESTY, 1930S

1940S

Prologue: The "Institution of Grace"

4. Revolutionaries and Bureaucrats: Amnesty in the Age of Vargas, 1930s

5. A Democratizing Amnesty under Renewed Repression, 1945

1960s

pt. III AMNESTY AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, 1979

2010

Prologue: What Got Written Down

6. Preempting an Inevitable Amnesty: Purges in Petrobras, 1964

1985

7. Two Long Shadows: AI-5 and the Federal Police in Sao Paulo, 1970s

2000s

8. Connected to Amnesty: From a Clandestine Life to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 1964

2010.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822946939

0822946939

OCLC:

1225190202