Closing the books
Closing the books: transitional justice in historical perspective Jon Elster
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 0521839696
DDC: 303.66
LCC: K5250
Summary:
"This book offers an analysis of transitional justice - retribution
and reparation after a change of political regime - from Athens in
the fifth century B.C. to the present. Part I, "The Universe of
Transitional Justice," describes more than thirty transitions, some
of them in considerable detail, others more succinctly. Part II,
"Analytics of Transitional Justice," proposes a framework for
explaining the variations among the cases: why after some transitions
wrongdoers from the previous regime are punished severely and in
other cases mildly or not at all, and why victims are sometimes
compensated generously and sometimes poorly or not at all. After
surveying a broad range of justifications and excuses for wrongdoings
and criteria for selecting and indemnifying victims, the book
concludes with a discussion of three general explanatory factors:
economic and political constraints, the retributive emotions, and the
play of party politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-287) and index.
1. Athens in 411 and 403 B.C. -- 2. The French Restorations in 1814
and 1815 -- 3. The larger universe of cases -- 4. The structure of
transitional justice -- 5. Wrongdoers -- 6. Victims -- 7. Constraints
-- 8. Emotions -- 9. Politics.
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