Books > Law > International law > International criminal law
|
Buy Now
Bridging Divides in Transitional Justice - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,266
Discovery Miles 22 660
|
|
Bridging Divides in Transitional Justice - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Hardcover)
Series: Series on Transitional Justice, 23
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
The backdrop to Bridging Divides in Transitional Justice is
Cambodia's history of radical Communist revolution (19751979) under
the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, and the culture of impunity and
silence imposed on the society by successive national governments
for close to three decades. Dialogue on the suppressed past began
in 2006 as key figures of the regime were brought before the in
situ internationalised criminal court, the Extraordinary Chambers
in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The ECCC forms part of the
panoply of international criminal courts of the post-Cold War era.
The book engages with the dissonance between the expressivism of
idealised international criminal trials and their communicative or
discursive value within the societies most affected by their
operation. An alternative view of the transitional trial is posited
as the author elucidates the limits of expressivism and explores
the communicative dynamics of ECCC trial procedure which have
precipitated unprecedented local debate and reflection on the Khmer
Rouge era.The book provides a timely and nuanced analysis of the
ECCC's politically contentious and frequently criticised
proceedings by examination of the trial dialogue in the Courts
first two cases. From transcripts of the proceedings, exchanges
between trial participants including witnesses, civil parties and
the accused, are examined to show how, at times, the retributive
proceedings assumed the character of restorative justice and
encompassed significant dialogue on current social issues, such as
the victim/perpetrator equation and the nature of ongoing
post-traumatic stress disorder flowing from the events that took
place under this violent regime The Court's capacity for
representative and discursive proceedings is attributed to the
substantive inclusion of the voice of the victim in proceedings, a
modified inquisitorial procedure, narrative testimony and
role-sharing between national and international court actors.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.