Rethinking Transitional Justice for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)

Dustin N. Sharp

ISBN 10: 1108425585 / ISBN 13: 9781108425582

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018

Hardcover. Transitional justice is the dominant lens through which the world grapples with legacies of mass atrocity, and yet it has rarely reflected the diversity of peace and justice traditions around the world. Hewing to a largely western and legalist script, truth commissions and war crimes tribunals have become the default means of 'doing justice'. Rethinking Transitional Justice for the Twenty-First Century puts the blind spots and assumptions of transitional justice under the microscope, and asks whether the field might be re-imagined to better suit the diversity and realities of the twenty-first century. At the core of this re-imagining is an examination of the broader field of post-conflict peace building and associated critical theory, from which both caution and inspiration can be drawn. By using this lens, Dustin N. Sharp shows how we might begin to generate a more cosmopolitan and mosaic theory, and imagine more creative and context-sensitive approaches to building peace with justice. Rethinking Transitional Justice for the Twenty-First Century examines transitional justice in the world today and asks whether the field might be re-imagined to better suit the diversity and realities of the twenty-first century. For legal scholars and those working in peace and conflict studies, global studies, and postcolonial studies. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781108425582

Synopsis :

Challenges conventional views of what it means to 'do justice' in the aftermath of mass atrocities, from a legal perspective.

À propos de l'auteur: Dustin N. Sharp is an associate professor at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. Prior to teaching, he covered Francophone West Africa for Human Rights Watch.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Rethinking Transitional Justice for the ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : new