Transitional justice from below : grassroots activism and the struggle for change / / edited by Kieran McEvoy and Lorna McGregor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970163503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2008
• ISBN: 9786611948474; 9781472564405; 1472564405; 9781281948472; 1281948470; 9781847314420; 1847314422
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Collana: Human rights law in perspective ; ; v. 14
• Disciplina: 340.11; 345.0231
• Soggetti: Crimes against humanity; Criminal justice, Administration of; Transitional justice; Truth commissions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Transitional Justice From Below: An Agenda for Research, Policy and Praxis / Kieran McEvoy and Lorna McGregor -- 2. Letting Go of Legalism: Developing a 'Thicker' Version of Transitional Justice / Kieran McEvoy -- 3. International Law as a Tiered Process': Transitional Justice at the Local, National and International Level / Lorna McGregor -- 4. Constitution-making, Transition and the Reconstitution of Society / Kirsten McConnachie and John Morison -- 5. The Role of Community in Participatory Transitional Justice / Patricia Lundy and Mark McGovern -- 6. The Lost Agenda: Economic Crimes and Truth Commissions in Latin America and Beyond / James L. Cavallaro and Sebastian Albuja -- 7. Social Repair at the Local Level: The Case of Guatemala / Laura Arriaza and Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- 8. The Political Economy of ; Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste / Elizabeth Stanley -- 9. Challenging Impunity from Below: The Contested Ownership of Transitional Justice in Colombia / Catalina Diaz -- 10. Burden or Benefit? Paradoxes of Penal Transition in Russia / Laura Piancentini.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This collection seeks to offer something quite different to the mainstream of scholarship in the area of transitional justice, emphasizing the need for bespoke solutions to different transitions rather than "off the shelf" models. The collection is designed to offer a space for diversity, prompted by a series of perspectives 'from below' of societies beset by past violent conflict which have sought to effect their transition to justice. In doing so the contributors have also sought to enrich discussion about the role of human rights in transition, the continuing usefulness of perspectives from above, and the still contested meanings of 'transition'."--Bloomsbury Publishing.