Theorizing Transitional Justice

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Contents: Introduction, Claudio Corradetti, Nir Eisikovits, and Jack Volpe Rotondi. Part I Is it Always Necessary to Account for Past Wrongs?: Forgetting after war: a qualified defense, Jack Volpe Rotondi and Nir Eisikovits Peace without the past? Truth, transition and the Northern Ireland case, Cheryl Lawther. Part II Punishing after War: The force of forgetting or forced forgetting? Schmittian amnesties and transitional justice, Juan Espindola Transitional justice, retributive justice and accountability for wrongdoing, Colleen Murphy. Part III Transitional Justice as a Vehicle of Structural and Institutional Change: Transitional justice as structural justice, Krista K. Thomason Justice-seeking in settler states: a model for thinking about 'justice' in transitional societies, Michael Phillips Structural causes of conflict and the superficiality of transition, Padraig McAuliffe. Part IV Transitional Justice and Political Reconciliation: Reconcilable resentments? Jean Amery's critique of forgiveness in the aftermath of atrocity, Grace Hunt A theory of national reconciliation: some insights from Africa, Thaddeus Metz Restoring human capability: reconciliation and liberal multiculturalism, Monica Mookherjee. Part V Transitional Justice and the Arts: Transitional justice and the arts: reflections on the field, Sanja Bahun Democratic 'sacred spaces': public architecture and transitional justice, Mihaela Mihai. Part VI Defining the Parameters of Transitional Justice: Transitional times, reflective judgement and the 'HAis mA' condition, Claudio Corradetti Further explorations of the social death hypothesis, Claudia Card Making reparations possible: theorizing reparative justice, Margaret Urban Walker. Part VII Case Studies: Trust and commitment: how Athens rebuilt the rule of law, Paul Gowder Transitional justice in post-genocide Rwanda: an integrative approach, Lynne Tirrell. Index.