Lustration and Transitional Justice: Personnel Systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland

by Roman David

How do transitional democracies deal with officials who have been tainted by complicity with prior governments? Should they be excluded or should they be incorporated into the new system? In Lustration and Transitional Justice, Roman David examines major institutional innovations that developed in Central Europe following the collapse of communist regimes. While the Czech Republic approved a lustration (vetting) law based on the traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812243315
• ISBN13: 9780812243314
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"