The Trouble with Truth: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland

by Kieran McEvoy and Cheryl Lawther

Book Overview

Unlike many other peace accords, the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998 did not include a formal mechanism for 'dealing with the past' in Northern Ireland. Despite that omission, the politics of truth recovery and its assumed links to reconciliation have been a constant theme in the transition from conflict in the jurisdiction.

This book critically explores that relationship. It draws extensively from the international context and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843922355
• ISBN13: 9781843922353
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages