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Book SynopsisFrances Millard is Professor Emerita in the Department of Government, Member of the Human Rights Centre and former Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Essex. She is twice winner of the George Blazyca Prize of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies for the best book on Central and Eastern Europe.
Trade ReviewIn this insightful and detailed account Frances Millard deftly charts and explains the twists and turns of Poland’s three decades of debates about transitional justice. The book deserves to be on the shelves of all scholars and students concerned with how states and societies deal with difficult pasts, but also those interested in the consequences that decisions to punish, prosecute or draw lines have on the health and fate of democracy. * Tim Haughton, University of Birmingham, UK *
This is an extremely detailed and wide-ranging account of attempts to achieve transitional justice since the collapse of the Polish communist regime in 1989. It is a meticulously-researched piece of history writing, which explains the chequered progress of transitional justice with reference to developing political circumstances and without recourse to simplistic, one-sided explanations. Millard provides a thorough analysis of the legislation regarding each separate strand of transitional justice. * Anne White, UCL, UK *
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Transitional Justice 2. The Politics of Transitional Justice in Poland 3. The Prosecution of Past Crimes 4. Reparation through Rehabilitation and Compensation 5. The Restitution of Property 6. Lustration 1989-2005 7. Lustration after the fall of the SLD: The Return of the Right 8. Transitional Justice and the Role of the Constitutional Tribunal 9. The Role of the Institute of National Remembrance: The Politics of History and Memory 10. PiS: The End of Transitional Justice and the New Project of Social Transformation Index
