The Era of Transitional Justice - Couverture souple

Gready, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415521173 ISBN 13 : 9780415521178

Editeur : Routledge, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 limitations of transitional justice and human rights as agents of transformation in the contemporary era. South Africa�s story has wider relevance because it helped to launch constitutional human rights and transitional justice as global discourses; as such, its own legacy is to some extent writ large in post-authoritarian and post-conflict contexts across the world. Based on a decade of research, and in an analysis that is both comparative and interdisciplinary, Paul Gready maintains that transitional justice needs to do more to address structural violence � and in particular poverty, inequality and social and criminal violence � as these have emerged as stubborn legacies from an oppressive or war-torn past in many parts of the world. Organised around four central themes � new keyword conceptualisation (truth, justice, reconciliation); re-imagining human rights; engaging with the past and present; remaking the public sphere � it is an argument that will be of considerable relevance to those interested in the law and politics of transitional societies.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Paul Gready is Professor of Applied Human Rights and Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York (UK).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415521173
• ISBN 13: 9780415521178
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280