Abduction and Trial Of Manuel Noriega
Abduction and Trial Of Manuel Noriega
Examines the international legal issues of the U.S. kidnapping of the former Panamanian leader and trial on drug charges.
2,250 words (
approx. 9 pages) |
17 sources |
1995
From the Paper:
"THE ABDUCTION AND TRIAL OF MANUEL NORIEGA
This research paper discusses and analyzes the international
legal aspects of the abduction and trial of Manuel Noriega. In
1990 Noriega, the former Panamanian military strongman, was
kidnapped by the American military and returned to Miami where
he was tried and convicted on criminal charges. The Noriega and
other recent cases raise basic questions of international law
relating to the right of one state to apply extraterritorially
its criminal laws to the citizens of another state. Novel issues
arose because of the circumstances under which Noriega was
captured his status as a foreign head of state. A solid case can
be made that in all these instances, general principles of
international law were violated. The defendants in these cases
appear to have been guilty of the offenses charged. They were ..."
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