Lawther, Cheryl; Moffett, Luke; Jacobs, Dov --- "Research Handbook on Transitional Justice" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) [2017] ELECD 764

Editor(s): Lawther, Cheryl; Moffett, Luke; Jacobs, Dov

Title: Research Handbook on Transitional Justice

Series: Research Handbooks in International Law series

Topics: Law and Development; Criminal Law and Justice; Human Rights; Law and Society; Public International Law; International Politics

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 June 2017

Number of pages: c 576

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781955307

EISBN: 9781781955314

Abstract/Description:

Providing detailed and comprehensive coverage of the transitional justice field, this Research Handbook brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore how societies deal with mass atrocities after periods of dictatorship or conflict. Situating the development of transitional justice in its historical context, social and political context, it analyses the legal instruments that have emerged.

The Research Handbook is extensive in scope, with chapters discussing the concepts, actors, mechanisms and practices of transitional justice. They address the challenges of implementing a range of transitional justice mechanisms, including methods of truth recovery, criminal trials and reparation and lustration programmes. Going a step further, this book also expands the gaze of transitional justice to include underexplored areas, such as art and transitional justice, media and transitional justice and unique international case studies, such as Cambodia and Palestine.

Timely and thought provoking, the Research Handbook on Transitional Justice will be of interest to both scholars and students, particularly those working in the areas of transitional justice and peace-building. It will also prove a valuable reference tool for practitioners of transitional justice and international criminal justice, helping to inform best practice.