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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454629303321

Titolo

Justice and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa / / edited by François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-19986-7

0-511-57541-6

0-511-48075-X

0-511-47755-4

0-511-47610-8

0-511-47907-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in law and society

Disciplina

345.68/0231

Soggetti

Political crimes and offenses - South Africa

Restorative justice - South Africa

Truth commissions - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reconciliation as surrender: configurations of responsibility and memory / Emilios Christodoulidis and Scott Veitch -- Radical forgiveness: transforming traumatic memory beyond / Hannah Arendt, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela -- Communicating criminal and political responsibility in the TRC prcocess / Antje du Bois-Pedain -- The contribution of criminal justice / Volker Nerlich -- Reparation and the forms of justice / François du Bois -- Land restitution and reconciliation in South Africa / Theunis Roux -- For justice and reconciliation to come: the TRC archive, big business and the demand for material reparations / Jaco Barnard-Naudé -- Transition, forgiveness, and citizenship: the TRC and the social construction of forgiveness / Stéphane Leman-Langlois and Clifford Shearing -- The evolving legitimacy of the South African Constitutional Court / James L. Gibson -- Drawing the line: justice and the art of reconciliation / Carrol Clarkson -- Post-conflict justice and the reconciliatory paradigm: the South African experience / François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain.



Sommario/riassunto

Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa assesses the transitional processes under way since the early 1990s to create a stable and just society. Change in South Africa is often credited to the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but the work of this institution forms but a facet of a much broader picture. This book looks at the steps which accompanied and followed the TRC's activities, such as land restitution, institutional reforms and social and cultural initiatives. Thematically, it interlinks the TRC's concerns over truth and reconciliation with an analysis of the concepts of justice, accountability, harm and reconciliation and with competing perceptions of what these notions entail in the South African context. Bringing together international and South African scholars whose work has focused on these themes, the contributions provide a cohesive and inspiring analysis of South Africa's response to its unjust past.