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What should be done after the end of a repressive regime or a civil war? How can bitter divisions be resolved in a way that combines reconciliation with accountability?

In this book, Michael Newman accessibly introduces these debates, outlining the key ideas and giving an overview of the vast literature by reference to case studies in such places as South Africa, Cambodia and Sierra Leone. While recognising that every situation is different, he argues that is vital to contend fully with the past and address the fundamental causes of mass human rights abuses.

A readable overview for those coming to the subject of transitional justice for the first time, and food for thought for those already familiar with it, this book is invaluable in areas ranging from politics and international relations to peace and conflict studies, law, human rights and philosophy.



Table of Contents:
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter One Introducing Transitional Justice
Origins and Development
Defining and Conceptualising Transitional Justice
Chapter Two Mechanisms and Approaches
Introduction
Prosecutions and Trials
Purges, Vetting and Lustration
Amnesties
Truth Commissions
Reparations and Redress
a) Material Reparations
b) Symbolic Reparations
Traditional Informal Justice
Concluding Remark
Chapter Three Does it Work? Evaluating Transitional Justice
Empirical Evaluations of the Impact of TJ
Truth Commissions
International and ´Internationalised´ Criminal Justice
Concluding Remarks
Chapter Four Specific Perspectives on Transitional Justice
Victim Perspectives
Feminist and Gendered Perspectives
Concluding Remarks
Chapter Five Transitional Justice Today and Tomorrow
Debates and Critiques
New Challenges
a) The Cultural Sphere
b) Climate Change and the Environment
c) Transitional Justice in Established Liberal- Democracies
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index