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- Title
Prosecuting in paradise – race, politics and the rule of law in Fiji.
- Authors
Tedeschi, Mark
- Abstract
This article looks at the violent coup in Fiji in 2000 led by George Speight in which the multiracial Government of Mahendra Chaudhary was overthrown. The article gives an insider's account of a subsequent criminal trial of some senior political figures who had supported Speight, including the Vice-President of Fiji. They were charged with taking treasonous oaths of office to serve in a rebel Government under Speight at a time when the legitimate Head of State, President Ratu Sir Kamasisi Mara, was struggling to prevent the nation from descending into total chaos and anarchy. The article considers how the trial had important ramifications for the rule of law in this developing south Pacific nation.
- Subjects
FIJI; COUPS d'etat; SPEIGHT, George; CIVIL war; CRIMINAL trials; ACTIVISTS; RESISTANCE to government; POLITICAL strikes; POLITICAL violence
- Publication
Crime, Law & Social Change, 2005, Vol 44, Issue 1, p79
- ISSN
0925-4994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10611-006-9010-z