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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the crucial strategic topic for the practical implementation of transitional justice in post-conflict societies by arguing that the dilemma is defined by the extent to which the actual achievement of the political goals of transition is a necessary condition for the long-term observance and implementation of justice. While in many cases the 'blind' criminal justice does not enhance, and even militates against, the achievement of political transitions, an understanding of transitional justice as a fundamentally political process is novel, controversial and a concept which may shape the future of transitional justice. This collection contributes to developing this concept both theoretically and through concrete and current case studies from the worlds most pronounced crisis spots for transitional justice.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Transitional Justice as Conflict-Resolution, Aleksandar Fatić Chapter One: Transitional Justice and Injustice in Transition: Assessing the Penalisation of Wartime Violence in Light of the ICTY Legacy, Axelle Reiter Chapter Two: Transitional Justice, Democracy and the Justification of State Coercion, Thomas Hancocks Chapter Three: Organised Crime as a Challenge to Transitional Justice, Nataša Radovanović Chapter Four: Economic Justice and Economic Efficiency in Post-Conflict Societies in Transition, Mrdjan Mladjan Chapter Five: Fighting Impunity or Containing Occupiers: How the Ukrainian Self-Referrals Reshape the ICC’s Role in International Relations, Klaus Bachmann Chapter Six: The Political Economy of Transitional Justice in Ukraine, Igor Lyubashenko Chapter Seven: Historical Justice, National Identity, and Memory in Contemporary Ukraine, Adrian Mandzy Chapter Eight: Romanian Transitional Criminal Justice: The Story of Four Trials and a Failure, Cătălin-Nicolae Constantinescu Chapter Nine: A Theory of National Reconciliation: Some Insights from Africa, Thaddeus Metz Notes on Contributors Index
