The Spanish 1977 Amnesty Law is a law promulgated in 1977, two years after which Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975?
Spanish 1977 Amnesty Law The Spanish 1977 Amnesty Law is a law promulgated in 1977, two years after dictator Francisco Franco's death, that shields any Franco era crime from being put under trial. The law is still in force, and has been used as a reason for not investigating and prosecuting Francoist human rights violations.
Francisco Tomás y Valiente Francisco Tomás y Valiente (8 December 1932-14 February 1996) was a Spanish professor of the history of Law who presided Spain's Constitutional Court for two terms (1986-1992). He was assassinated by ETA in 1996.