[LEGAL 392T] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (16 pages long!)
7 Feb 2017
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Colombia: one of the earliest democracies, people in power wanted to keep power wanted land, conservatives (the powerful that wanted to keep land) vs. 1964 - communist party transformed into guerrilla: cocain drug war broke out, kidnappings, peace talk in 2016 political tactic, most recent example of a country going through a truth commision. For some: going from a violent era to a peaceful one. Farc won"t put their arms down if they will be sent to jail. How to help victims? (their land was stolen from them) Give them land, compensation, housing, and economic opportunity: usually is the state that will do this but the state wants the. Punishment, institutional reform (farc want political power), refine the government. Understand history of violence to prevent it from happening again: reparations programs. Museum/structure that honors victims; remembrance for victims; look at past for future benefit.
