TY - BOOK AU - McEvoy,Kieran AU - Mallinder,Louise TI - Transitional justice: critical concepts in law T2 - Critical concepts in law SN - 9780415719919 AV - K5250 .T728 2017 U1 - 320.01/1 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Transitional justice KW - Human rights KW - fast KW - Transitional Justice KW - gnd KW - Völkerrecht N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Volume 1. Origins, goals and legalism in transitional justice -- volume 2. Conceptualising 'transition' -- volume 3. Forms and impact of transitional justice -- volume 4. Transitional justice actors N2 - "Scholars and practitioners working in 'transitional justice' are concerned with remedies of accountability and redress in the aftermath of conflict and state repression. Transitional justice, it is argued, provides recognition of the rights of victims, promotes civic trust, and strengthens the democratic rule of law ... The collection covers themes such as: truth and history; acknowledgement, reconciliation, and forgiveness; retribution, restorative justice and reparations; and democracy, state-building, identity, and civil society."-- ER -