Transitional justice from below : grassroots activism and the struggle for change
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Transitional justice from below : grassroots activism and the struggle for change
(Human rights law in perspective / general editor, Colin Harvey, v. 14)
Hart, 2008
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although relatively new as a distinct field of study, transitional justice has become rapidly established as a vital field of enquiry. From vaguely exotic origins on the outer edges of political science, the study of 'justice' in times of transition has emerged as a central concern of scholarship and practical policy-making. A process of institutionalisation has confirmed this importance. The ICTY, the ICTR, the ICC, hybrid tribunals in Sierra Leone and East Timor and 'local' processes such as the Iraqi Higher Tribunal (IHT) have energised international law and international criminal justice scholarship. The South African TRC was for a time lauded as the model for dealing with the past and remains one of the most researched institutions in the world. It is one of approximately two dozen such institutions established in different transitional contexts over the past twenty years to assist conflicted societies to come to terms with a violent past. At the national level, international donors contribute huge sums of money to 'Rule of Law' programmes designed to transform national justice systems.
This collection seeks to offer something quite different to the mainstream of scholarship in this area, emphasising the need for bespoke solutions to different transitions rather than 'off the shelf' models. The collection is designed to offer a space for diversity, prompted by a series of perspectives "from below" of societies beset by past violent conflict which have sought to effect their transition to justice. In doing so the contributors have also sought to enrich discussion about the role of human rights in transition, the continuing usefulness of perspectives from above, and the still contested meanings of "transition".
Table of Contents
1. Transitional Justice From Below: An Agenda for Research, Policy and Praxis Kieran McEvoy and Lorna McGregor 2. Letting Go of Legalism: Developing a 'Thicker' Version of Transitional Justice Kieran McEvoy 3. International Law as a 'Tiered Process': Transitional Justice at the Local, National and International Level Lorna McGregor 4. Constitution-making, Transition and the Reconstitution of Society Kirsten McConnachie and John Morison 5. The Role of Community in Participatory Transitional Justice Patricia Lundy and Mark McGovern 6. The Lost Agenda: Economic Crimes and Truth Commissions in Latin America and Beyond James L Cavallaro and Sebastian Albuja 7. Social Repair at the Local Level: The Case of Guatemala Laura Arriaza and Naomi Roht-Arriaza 8. The Political Economy of Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste Elizabeth Stanley 9. Challenging Impunity from Below: The Contested Ownership of Transitional Justice in Colombia Catalina Diaz 10. Burden or Benefit? Paradoxes of Penal Transition in Russia Laura Piancentini
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