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Research Handbook on Transitional Justice
2nd edition
9781802202502 Edward Elgar Publishing
Providing a refreshing take on transitional justice, this second edition Research Handbook brings together an expanse of scholarly expertise to reconsider how societies deal with gross human rights violations, structural injustices and mass violence. Contextualised by historical developments, it covers a diverse range of concepts, actors and mechanisms of transitional justice, while shedding light on new and emerging areas in the field.
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Providing a refreshing take on transitional justice, this thoroughly revised second edition brings together an expanse of scholarly expertise to reconsider how societies deal with gross human rights violations, structural injustices and mass violence. Contextualised by historical developments, it covers a diverse range of concepts, actors and mechanisms of transitional justice, while shedding light on the new and emerging areas in the field.
Wholly engaging with the field''s upward trajectory, this Handbook explores important new ground on existing issues of transitional justice, including masculinities, witnesses and the role of archives. This updated edition also engages with newly evolving areas of study, such as counter-terrorism, climate change, colonialism and non-paradigmatic transitions.
With theoretical and empirical contributions from a rich array of world leading practitioners and scholars, this cutting-edge second edition Research Handbook is an invaluable academic resource for students and researchers of sociology, transitional justice, criminal law and human rights law. With expertly written chapters it also provides practitioners with a consolidated overview of the latest scholarship and analysis of legal and policy developments.
Wholly engaging with the field''s upward trajectory, this Handbook explores important new ground on existing issues of transitional justice, including masculinities, witnesses and the role of archives. This updated edition also engages with newly evolving areas of study, such as counter-terrorism, climate change, colonialism and non-paradigmatic transitions.
With theoretical and empirical contributions from a rich array of world leading practitioners and scholars, this cutting-edge second edition Research Handbook is an invaluable academic resource for students and researchers of sociology, transitional justice, criminal law and human rights law. With expertly written chapters it also provides practitioners with a consolidated overview of the latest scholarship and analysis of legal and policy developments.
Critical Acclaim
‘Lawther and Moffett’s volume comprehensively captures the field of transitional justice at a critical moment, when many are questioning its applicability to current post-conflict challenges around the world. By focusing on the major concepts, actors and mechanisms of transitional justice, this collection traces the field''s evolution over the last 30 years and where it is likely to go from here. This is an indispensable resource for anyone trying to get to grips with this vast and constantly changing arena of scholarship and practice.’
– Phil Clark, SOAS University of London, UK
– Phil Clark, SOAS University of London, UK
Contributors
Contributors: Nevin T. Aiken, Anna Bryson, Anne Charbord, Alison Davidian, Maja Davidović, Peter Dixon, Ron Dudai, James Gallen, Brandon Hamber, Thomas Obel Hansen, Catherine Harwood, Cynthia M. Horne, Dagmar Hovestädt, Sonja Klinsky, Adam Kochanski, Cheryl Lawther, Ulrike Lühe, Louise Mallinder, Megan L. Manion, Padraig McAuliffe, Kieran McEvoy, Brianne McGonigle Leyh, Giulia Messmer, Luke Moffett, Colleen Murphy, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Catherine O''Rourke, Joanna R. Quinn, Maya Schkolne, Philipp Schultz, Dustin N. Sharp, Lavinia Stan, Benjamin Thorne, Catherine Turner, Hugo van der Merwe, Julia Viebach, Hakeem Yusuf, Kelebogile Zvobgo
Contents
Contents:
Foreword xviii
1 Researching transitional justice: editors’ introduction 1
Cheryl Lawther and Luke Moffett
PART I THE CONCEPTS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
2 The time and space of transitional justice 10
Thomas Obel Hansen
3 Transitional justice: an interdisciplinary landscape? 27
Catherine Turner and Maja Davidović
4 Casual and causal links to the rule of law 45
Padraig McAuliffe
5 Transitional justice and ‘local’ justice 61
Dustin N Sharp
6 Transitional justice and gender 77
Catherine O’Rourke
7 Transitional justice and masculinities 95
Brandon Hamber, Philipp Schulz and Giulia Messmer
8 Transitional justice, denial and social control 111
Ron Dudai
9 Transitional justice and religion 126
Lavinia Stan
PART II THE ACTORS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
10 The United Nations and transitional justice: an enduring human rights
priority, remedy to securitization and path to sustainable peace 142
Megan Manion and Alison Davidian
11 Civil society and transitional justice: building an expanded vision from below 159
Maya Schkolne and Hugo van der Merwe
12 Transitional justice and constructing victims and victimhood 175
Cheryl Lawther
13 Witnessing and remembering mass rights violations: the possibilities
and conditions of becoming a witness 192
Benjamin Thorne
PART III THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
14 Transitional justice and international criminal justice 213
Brianne McGonigle Leyh
15 The contributions of international commissions of enquiry to
transitional justice 229
Catherine Harwood
16 Truth commissions 247
Adam Kochanski
17 Amnesties and transitional justice 263
Louise Mallinder
18 Reparations in transitional societies 284
Luke Moffett
19 Apologies in transitional justice 307
Kieran McEvoy and Anna Bryson
20 Transitional justice: vetting and lustration 325
Cynthia M Horne
21 Transitional justice and archives 342
Julia Viebach, Dagmar Hovestädt and Ulrike Lühe
22 Transitional justice and development 360
Peter Dixon
PART IV EXPANDING THE GAZE OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
23 Transitional justice and non-paradigmatic transitions 383
James Gallen
24 Transitional justice and colonialism 406
Hakeem Yusuf
25 Transitional justice for historical injustice 422
Colleen Murphy and Kelebogile Zvobgo
26 The psychosocial dimensions of transitional justice 436
Joanna R Quinn
27 Structural violence and transitional justice 452
Nevin T Aiken
28 Transitional justice (increasingly) meets counter-terrorism 473
Anne Charbord and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
29 Transitional justice for climate change: transformation through solidarity 491
Sonja Klinsky
Index
Foreword xviii
1 Researching transitional justice: editors’ introduction 1
Cheryl Lawther and Luke Moffett
PART I THE CONCEPTS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
2 The time and space of transitional justice 10
Thomas Obel Hansen
3 Transitional justice: an interdisciplinary landscape? 27
Catherine Turner and Maja Davidović
4 Casual and causal links to the rule of law 45
Padraig McAuliffe
5 Transitional justice and ‘local’ justice 61
Dustin N Sharp
6 Transitional justice and gender 77
Catherine O’Rourke
7 Transitional justice and masculinities 95
Brandon Hamber, Philipp Schulz and Giulia Messmer
8 Transitional justice, denial and social control 111
Ron Dudai
9 Transitional justice and religion 126
Lavinia Stan
PART II THE ACTORS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
10 The United Nations and transitional justice: an enduring human rights
priority, remedy to securitization and path to sustainable peace 142
Megan Manion and Alison Davidian
11 Civil society and transitional justice: building an expanded vision from below 159
Maya Schkolne and Hugo van der Merwe
12 Transitional justice and constructing victims and victimhood 175
Cheryl Lawther
13 Witnessing and remembering mass rights violations: the possibilities
and conditions of becoming a witness 192
Benjamin Thorne
PART III THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
14 Transitional justice and international criminal justice 213
Brianne McGonigle Leyh
15 The contributions of international commissions of enquiry to
transitional justice 229
Catherine Harwood
16 Truth commissions 247
Adam Kochanski
17 Amnesties and transitional justice 263
Louise Mallinder
18 Reparations in transitional societies 284
Luke Moffett
19 Apologies in transitional justice 307
Kieran McEvoy and Anna Bryson
20 Transitional justice: vetting and lustration 325
Cynthia M Horne
21 Transitional justice and archives 342
Julia Viebach, Dagmar Hovestädt and Ulrike Lühe
22 Transitional justice and development 360
Peter Dixon
PART IV EXPANDING THE GAZE OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
23 Transitional justice and non-paradigmatic transitions 383
James Gallen
24 Transitional justice and colonialism 406
Hakeem Yusuf
25 Transitional justice for historical injustice 422
Colleen Murphy and Kelebogile Zvobgo
26 The psychosocial dimensions of transitional justice 436
Joanna R Quinn
27 Structural violence and transitional justice 452
Nevin T Aiken
28 Transitional justice (increasingly) meets counter-terrorism 473
Anne Charbord and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
29 Transitional justice for climate change: transformation through solidarity 491
Sonja Klinsky
Index
