Judging War, Judging History: Behind Truth and Reconciliation

by Pierre Hazan

Book Overview

In a country or community fractured by war and mass violence, who is to determine "justice" and how it should be achieved? Truth commissions, international courts, and financial restitution are some of the various solutions that have been used in recent years. However, these broad efforts at transitional justice may themselves backfire, and sometimes lead to further injustice. Given its own limitations and battered by political pressure from all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804769567
• ISBN13: 9780804769563
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"