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Research Handbook on Transitional Justice

Research Handbook on Transitional Justice

Author: Cheryl Lawther; Luke Moffett; Dov Jacobs
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781788979900

Published In: January 2019
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781802202502

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Providing detailed and comprehensive coverage of the transitional justice field, this Research Handbook brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore how societies deal with mass atrocities after periods of dictatorship or conflict. Situating the development of transitional justice in its historical context, social and political context, it analyses the legal instruments that have emerged.

The Research Handbook is extensive in scope, with chapters discussing the concepts, actors, mechanisms and practices of transitional justice. They address the challenges of implementing a range of transitional justice mechanisms, including methods of truth recovery, criminal trials and reparation and lustration programmes. Going a step further, this book also expands the gaze of transitional justice to include underexplored areas, such as art and transitional justice, media and transitional justice and unique international case studies, such as Cambodia and Palestine.

Timely and thought provoking, the Research Handbook on Transitional Justice will be of interest to both scholars and students, particularly those working in the areas of transitional justice and peace-building. It will also prove a valuable reference tool for practitioners of transitional justice and international criminal justice, helping to inform best practice.

Foreword William Schabas

Introduction - Researching Transitional Justice: The Highs, the Lows and the Expansion of the Field Cheryl Lawther and Luke Moffett

Part I: The Concept(s) of Transitional Justice

1. The Development of Transitional Justice Joanna R. Quinn

2. The Time and Space of Transitional Justice Thomas Obel Hansen

3. Transitional Justice and Critique Catherine Turner

4. Transitional Justice's Impact on Rule of Law: Symbol or Substance? Padraig McAuliffe

5. Transitional Justice and Human Rights Fredeeric Megret and Raphael Vagliano

6. Transitional Justice and Gender Catherine O'Rourke

7. Transitional Justice and `Local' Justice Dustin N. Sharp

8. Transitional Justice and Development Peter J. Dixon

Part II: The Actors of Transitional Justice

9. The United Nations and Transitional Justice Alison Davidian and Emily Kenney

10. The Role of International NGOs in the Emergence of Transitional Justice: A case study of the International Center for Transitional Justice Sara Dezalay

11. The Role of Local Civil Society in Transitional Justice Hugo van der Merwe and Maya Schkolne

12. Transitional Justice and the `Plight' of Victimhood Laurel E. Fletcher and Harvey M. Weinstein

13. Art and Transitional Justice: The 'Infinite Incompleteness' of Transition Andrea Breslin

14. Media and Transitional Justice: A Dream of Symbiosis in a Troubled Relationship Refik Hodzic and David Tolbert

Part III: The Mechanisms of Transitional Justice

15. The International Criminal Court: In the Interests of Transitional Justice? James Gallen

16. Transitional Justice and the End of Impunity: Hybrid tribunals Aaron Fichtelberg

17. Transitional Justice and Truth Commissions Cheryl Lawther

18. Transitional Justice and Amnesties Tom Hadden

19. Transitional Justice and Reparations: Remedying the Past? Luke Moffett

20. Contributions of International Commissions of Inquiry to Transitional Justice Catherine Harwood

21. Transitional Justice: Vetting and Lustration Cynthia M. Horne