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Book SynopsisToday's wars leave a crippling legacy of deprivation and suffering, of physical and structural injustice, long after they submit to peaceful resolution.
Trade Review"Rama Mani’s engaging book is a fine combination of arguments on the theory of justice and an assessment of practical problems in building a new society from the ruins of war and conflicts. It is “practical reason”
par excellence."
Professor Amartya Sen, Master, Trinity College, CambridgeTable of ContentsAbbreviations.
Acknowledgements.
Section I Justice in Theory.
1. The Three Dimensions of Justice in Post-conflict Peacebuilding.
2. Concepts of Justice in Contemporary Philosophy.
Section II Justice in Practice.
3. Legal Justice: Re-establishing Order or restoring the Rule of Law?.
4.Rectificatory Justice: Punishing Perpetrators or Vindicating Victims?.
5. Distributive Justice: alleviating the Effects of Conflict or Targeting Causes?.
Section III Synthesis and Recommendations.
6. Recapturing Justice from the Shadows of War.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
