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
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...
Gender Politics in Transitional Justice
1st Edition
By Catherine O'Rourke
November 10, 2014
What role do transitional justice processes play in determining the gender outcomes of transitions from conflict and authoritarianism? What is the impact of transitional justice processes on the human rights of women in states emerging from political violence? Gender Politics in Transitional ...
Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability in Divided Societies
1st Edition
By Nevin Aiken
June 04, 2014
Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability analyses how the mechanisms of transitional justice have a part to play in promoting reconciliation and sustainable peace in transitional societies: helping social groups deeply divided by past violence to overcome ...
The Dynamics of Transitional Justice:: International Models and Local Realities in East Timor
1st Edition
By Lia Kent
November 08, 2013
The Dynamics of Transitional Justice draws on the case of East Timor in order to reassess how transitional justice mechanisms actually play out at the local level. Transitional justice mechanisms – including trials and truth commissions – have become firmly entrenched as part of the United Nations ...
Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law
1st Edition
By Hakeem O. Yusuf
April 11, 2013
Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law addresses the importance of judicial accountability in transitional justice processes. Despite a general consensus that the judiciary plays an important role in contemporary governance, accountability for the judicial role in ...
The Era of Transitional Justice: The Aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and Beyond
1st Edition
By Paul Gready
December 02, 2011
The Era of Transitional Justice explores a broad set of issues raised by political transition and transitional justice through the prism of the South African TRC. South Africa constitutes a powerful case study of the enduring structural legacies of a troubled past, and of both the potential and ...