Historical Justice in International Perspective - How Societies Are Trying to Right the Wrongs of the Past (Hardcover)

This book makes a valuable contribution to recent debates on redress for historical injustices by offering case studies from nine countries on five continents. The contributors examine the problems of material restitution, criminal justice, apologies, recognition, memory, and reconciliation in national contexts as well as in comparative perspective. Among the topics discussed are the claims for reparations for slavery in the United States, West German restitution for the Holocaust, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the efforts to prosecute the perpetrators of the Khmer Rouge s mass murders in Cambodia, and the struggles of the indigenous people of Australia and New Zealand. The book highlights the diversity of the ways societies have tried to right past wrongs as the demand for historical justice has become universal.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Publications of the German Historical Institute
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	November 2008
Editors:	Manfred Berg • Bernd Schaefer
Dimensions:	236 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-87683-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	0-521-87683-4
Barcode:	9780521876834

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