Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice

Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9781317441403
ISBN-13 : 1317441400
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Book Synopsis Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice by : Catherine Turner

Download or read book Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice written by Catherine Turner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of transitional justice has expanded rapidly since the term first emerged in the late 1990s. Its intellectual development has, however, tended to follow practice rather than drive it. Addressing this gap, Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice pursues a comprehensive theoretical inquiry into the foundation and evolution of transitional justice. Presenting a detailed deconstruction of the role of law in transition, the book explores the reasons for resistance to transitional justice. It explores the ways in which law itself is complicit in perpetuating conflict, and asks whether a narrow vision of transitional justice – underpinned by a strictly normative or doctrinal concept of law – can undermine the promise of justice. Drawing on case material, as well as on perspectives from a range of disciplines, including law, political science, anthropology and philosophy, this book will be of considerable interest to those concerned with the theory and practice of transitional justice.


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