Transitional Justice
About the Book Series
The study of transitional justice has emerged as one of the most diverse and intellectual exciting developments in the social sciences in the last two decades. From its origins in human rights activism and comparative political science the field is increasingly characterised by its geographic and disciplinary breadth. Routledge’s Transitional Justice series publishes innovative work across a range of disciplines working on transitional justice related topics: including law, sociology, criminology, psychology, anthropology, political science, development studies and international relations.
The series includes titles which address larger theoretical questions on transitional justice, including the intersection of notions such as justice, truth, accountability, impunity and the construction of transitional justice knowledge. It also contains critical and theoretically informed empirical work on the workings of institutions such as truth commissions, community based reconciliation, victim empowerment, ex-combatant demobilisation, or regional discussions on practical programmes in particular areas. Finally, the series covers the legal aspects of transitional justice; although, avoiding dry, overly technical or dull legal texts, it specialises in a style of legal scholarship that reflects the energy and vitality of this exciting field.
For further details on the series please contact the Series Editor.
Kieran McEvoy
Professor of Law and Transitional Justice
School of Law
Queens University Belfast
BT7 1NN
44 (0) 2890973873
Transitional Justice and the Politics of Inscription: Memory, Space and Narrative in Northern Ireland
1st Edition
By Joseph Robinson
January 08, 2018
Taking Northern Ireland as its primary case study, this book applies the burgeoning literature in memory studies to the primary question of transitional justice: how shall societies and individuals reckon with a traumatic past? Joseph Robinson argues that without understanding how memory shapes, ...
Transitional Justice in Latin America: The Uneven Road from Impunity towards Accountability
1st Edition
Edited
By Elin Skaar, Jemima Garcia-Godos, Cath Collins
December 04, 2017
This book addresses current developments in transitional justice in Latin America – effectively the first region to undergo concentrated transitional justice experiences in modern times. Using a comparative approach, it examines trajectories in truth, justice, reparations, and amnesties in ...
Transitional Justice and Reconciliation: Lessons from the Balkans
1st Edition
Edited
By Martina Fischer, Olivera Simic
May 18, 2017
Scholars and practitioners alike agree that somehow the past needs to be addressed in order to enable individuals and collectives to rebuild trust and relationships. However, they also continue to struggle with critical questions. When is the right moment to address the legacies of the past after ...
After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy
1st Edition
By Elin Skaar, Camila Gianella Malca, Trine Eide
November 08, 2016
After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy examines the effects of transitional justice on the development of peace and democracy. Anticipated contributions of transitional justice mechanisms are commonly stated in universal terms, with little regard for historically specific ...
The Concept of the Civilian: Legal Recognition, Adjudication and the Trials of International Criminal Justice
1st Edition
By Claire Garbett
August 08, 2016
The Concept of the Civilian: Legal Recognition, Adjudication and the Trials of International Criminal Justice offers a critical account of the legal shaping of civilian identities by the processes of international criminal justice. It draws on a detailed case-study of the International Criminal ...
Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice
1st Edition
Edited
By Sabine Michalowski
May 11, 2016
Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy. It breaks new ground in theorizing the linkages ...
Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring
1st Edition
Edited
By Kirsten Fisher, Robert Stewart
December 07, 2015
This book presents a varied and critical picture of how the Arab Spring demands a re-examination and re-conceptualization of issues of transitional justice. It demonstrates how unique features of this wave of revolutions and popular protests that have swept the Arab world since December 2010 give ...
The Art of Post-Dictatorship: Ethics and Aesthetics in Transitional Argentina
1st Edition
By Vikki Bell
September 18, 2015
Since the end of the last dictatorship in 1983, Argentina’s visual artists and art-activists have been central to campaigns to demand the criminal prosecution of those initially granted amnesty and to a variety of commemorative projects. In The Art of Post-Dictatorship: Ethics and Aesthetics in ...
International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
1st Edition
By Janine Clark
September 08, 2015
Transitional justice is a burgeoning field of scholarly inquiry. Yet while the transitional justice literature is replete with claims about the benefits of criminal trials, too often these claims lack an empirical basis and hence remain unproven. While there has been much discussion about whether ...
Truth, Denial and Transition: Northern Ireland and the Contested Past
1st Edition
By Cheryl Lawther
July 16, 2015
Truth, Denial and Transition: Northern Ireland and the Contested Past makes a unique and timely contribution to the transitional justice field. In contrast to the focus on truth and those societies where truth recovery has been central to dealing with the aftermath of human rights violations, ...
Transitional Justice Theories
1st Edition
Edited
By Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Teresa Koloma Beck, Christian Braun, Friederike Mieth
June 08, 2015
Transitional Justice Theories is the first volume to approach the politically sensitive subject of post-conflict or post-authoritarian justice from a theoretical perspective. It combines contributions from distinguished scholars and practitioners as well as from emerging academics from different ...
Families of the Missing: A Test for Contemporary Approaches to Transitional Justice
1st Edition
By Simon Robins
January 06, 2015
Families of the Missing interrogates the current practice of transitional justice from the viewpoint of the families of those disappeared and missing as a result of conflict and political violence. Studying the needs of families of the missing in two contexts, Nepal and Timor-Leste, the practice of...