Leebaw, Bronwyn Anne.

Judging state-sponsored violence, imagining political change / Br onwyn Anne Leebaw. - Cambridge ; New York : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xi, 210 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index.

Introduction : transitional justice and the "gray zone" -- Human rig hts legalism and the legacy of Nuremberg -- A different kind of justice : South Africa's alternative to legalism -- Political judgment and tra nsitional justice : actors and spectators --Rethinking restorative just ice -- Remembering resistance -- Conclusion : the shadows of the past.

"This book offers a new way to think about the legacies of the Nurem berg Trials and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whi ch transformed the theory and practice of transitional justice"--

9781107000582 (hbk.) 9780521169776 (pbk.)

2010-039406


International police.--------
Transitional justice.--------
Political violence.--------
Crimes against humanity.--------

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