Law And The Politics Of Reconciliation (Hardcover, New Ed)

This collection of essays by an international group of authors explores the ways in which law and legal institutions are used in countries coming to terms with traumatic pasts and, in some cases, traumatic presents. In putting to question what is often taken for granted in uncritical calls for reconciliation, it critically analyses and frequently challenges the political and legal assumptions underlying discourses of reconciliation. Drawing on a broad spectrum of disciplinary and interdisciplinary insights the authors examine how competing conceptions of law, time, and politics are deployed in social transformations and how pressing demands for reconstruction, reconciliation, and justice inform and respond to legal categories and their use of time. The book is genuinely interdisciplinary, drawing on work in politics, philosophy, theology, sociology and law. It will appeal to a wide audience of researchers and academics working in these areas.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Edinburgh Centre Of Law And Society
Release date:	2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Scott Veitch
Dimensions:	236 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-4924-3
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-4924-5
Barcode:	9780754649243

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