Retribution and Reparation in the Transition to Democracy
Author： Jon Elster;
Publisher： Cambridge University Press
Publication year： 2006
E-ISBN: 9781316904572
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521829731
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780521829731
Subject： D915.4 Administrative Litigation Law of the Peoples Republic of China
Keyword： 政治、法律
Language： ENG
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Description
The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present.
The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present. They focus on retribution against the leaders and agents of the autocratic regime preceding the democratic transition, and on reparation to its victims.
The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present. They focus on retribution against the leaders and agents of the autocratic regime preceding the democratic transition, and on reparation to its victims.
The contributions in this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of transitional justice from 1945 to the present. They focus on retribution against the leaders and agents of the autocratic regime preceding the democratic transition, and on reparation to its victims. Part I contains general theoretical discussions of retribution and reparation. The essays in Part II survey transitional justice in the wake of World War II, covering Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Norway. In Part III, the contributors discuss more recent transitions in Argentina, Chile, Eastern Europe, the former German Democratic Republic, and South Africa, including a chapter on the reparation of injustice in some of these transitions. The editor provides a general introduction, brief introductions to each part, and a conclusion that looks beyond regime transitions to broader issues of rectifying historical injustice.
1. Introduction Jon Elster; Part I. General Issues: 2. Restitution: how far back should we go? Tyler Cowen; 3. Retribution Jon Elster; Part II. Germany and German-Occupied Countries after 1945: 4. Transitional justice in divided Germany after 1945 David Cohen; 5. Purges in France after the Liberation Henry Rousso; 6. Political justice in Austria and Hungary after World War II Istvan Deák; 7. Dealing with the past in Scandinavia Hans Fredrik Dahl; 8. Belgian and Dutch purges after World War II compared Luc Huyse; Part III. Latin America, Post-Communism, and South Africa: 9. Paranoids may be persecuted: post-totalitarian retroactive justice Aviezer Tucker; 10. Transitional justice in Argentina and Chile: a never ending story? Carlos H. Acuña; 11. Transitional justice in the German Democratic Republic and in Unified Germany Claus Offe and Ulrike Poppe; 12. Rough justice: rectification in post-authoritarian and post-totalitarian regimes Aviezer Tucker; 13. Accountability and the South African experience Alex Boraine; 14. Conclusion.
"How did, and how should, emerging democracies deal with members and supporters of fallen autocratic or occupation regimes? By fusing analytical approaches with historical perspectives, this fascinating and eminently readable volume addresses an enduring political question in a refreshing way, at once normative, theoretical, and empirical. A must-read."
-Stathis N. Kalyvas, Yale University
"This is a timely and important collection of rigorously argued essays that bring a welcome historical and comparative frame to the study of transitional justice in new democracies. Their nuanced considerations of the moral complexities in intergenerational claims for restitution and rich analyses of how emotions, intentions and beliefs shape trials and sanctions push our understanding of transnational justice to new levels."
-Mark Philip Bradley, Nor
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