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100 1 $aElster, Jon,$d1940-
245 10 $aClosing the books :$btransitional justice in
historical perspective /$cJon Elster.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University
Press,$c2004.
300 $axii, 298 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-287)
and index.
520 1 $a"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.
650 0 $aPolitical crimes and offenses.
650 0 $aJustice and politics.
650 0 $aEx post facto laws.
650 0 $aRevolutions.
650 0 $aRestorative justice.
653 $aTransitional justice.
970 11 $l1$tAthens in 411 and 403 B.C.$p3
970 11 $l2$tThe French Restorations in 1814 and 1815$p24
970 11 $l3$tThe larger universe of cases$p47
970 11 $l4$tThe structure of transitional justice$p79
970 11 $l5$tWrongdoers$p136
970 11 $l6$tVictims$p166
970 11 $l7$tConstraints$p188
970 11 $l8$tEmotions$p216
970 11 $l9$tPolitics$p245
980 $aJohn Elster is the Robert Merton Professor of
Social Science at Columbia University.
