Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Legal bases to assess the lawfulness of unconstitutional usurpation of power -- Permissible parameters for judges in post-coup suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms -- Availability or non-availability of defences for judges in relation to judicial responsibility post-coups -- Amnesties, pardons, immunities and other restrictions on the prosecution of usurpers of power and their accomplices or collaborators -- International or extra-territorial criminal prosecution of coups-related crimes of international concern -- Epilogue.

"This book examines the responsibility of judges of domestic courts following unconstitutional usurpation of power of government (coups d'état). It explores judges' liability for failing to discharge their judicial duty independently and impartially, and the criminality of usurpers and their accomplices and collaborators for their violation of fundamental rights and freedoms or commission of crimes of international concern. Written by a highly regarded non-Western author, the book is coherent and meticulously researched, covering an approach to coups in an insightful and fascinating fashion. It includes a sophisticated and thorough analysis of the relevant comparative jurisprudence of domestic and international courts, with concrete examples of the best practices among decisions of domestic courts in countries that have experienced coups d'�etat"--