Burying the Past: Making Peace and Doing Justice After Civil Conflict

by Biggar, Nigel
ISBN: 9780878403943
Availability:
$14.98

Available Offers

Pickup at {0} Out of stock at {0} Check other stores
FREE
Ship to Me
$3.99

Overview

An international cast of scholars examines the process of burying the past after civil conflict. Should newly democratic countries draw a veil over their violent and repressive history, or expose painful truths? Should they require confessions from malefactors? Are such confessions without punishment sufficient for justice? These are among the questions to which the contributors respond, with special attention to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, North Ireland's peace process, and the detention of Chile's General Pinochet, as well as case studies from Rwanda and Guatemala. Contributors examine ethical concepts such as justice, retribution, forgiveness, and reconciliation, and they consider the process of burying the past at each of its different levels: international law, national institutions, local communities, and individual psychology.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Biggar, Nigel
  • ISBN: 9780878403943
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.16 x 0.79
  • Number Of Pages: 370
  • Publication Year: 2003
Language: English