Research Handbook on Transitional Justice: (Research Handbooks in International Law series)

Providing detailed and comprehensive coverage of the transitional justice field, this Research Handbook brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore how societies deal with mass atrocities after periods of dictatorship or conflict. Situating the development of transitional justice in its historical context, social and political context, it analyses the legal instruments that have emerged. The Research Handbook is extensive in scope, with chapters discussing the concepts, actors, mechanisms and practices of transitional justice. They address the challenges of implementing a range of transitional justice mechanisms, including methods of truth recovery, criminal trials and reparation and lustration programmes. Going a step further, this book also expands the gaze of transitional justice to include underexplored areas, such as art and transitional justice, media and transitional justice and unique international case studies, such as Cambodia and Palestine. Timely and thought provoking, the Research Handbook on Transitional Justice will be of interest to both scholars and students, particularly those working in the areas of transitional justice and peace-building. It will also prove a valuable reference tool for practitioners of transitional justice and international criminal justice, helping to inform best practice. Contributors: A. Breslin, B.C. Browne, A. Davidian, S. Dezalay, P.J. Dixon, A. Fichtelberg, L.E. Fletcher J. Gallen, T. Hadden, T.O. Hansen, C. Harwood, R. Hodzic, C.M. Horne, E. Kenney, R. Killean, C. Lawther, P. McAuliffe, F. Mégret, L. Moffett, C. O'Rourke, J.R. Quinn, N. Roht-Arriaza, M. Schkolne, D.N. Sharp, L. Stan, D. Tolbert, C. Turner, R. Vagliano, H. van der Merwe, H.M. Weinstein

Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword William Schabas Introduction – Researching Transitional Justice: The Highs, the Lows and the Expansion of the Field Cheryl Lawther and Luke Moffett Part I: The Concept(s) of Transitional Justice 1. The Development of Transitional Justice Joanna R. Quinn 2. The Time and Space of Transitional Justice Thomas Obel Hansen 3. Transitional Justice and Critique Catherine Turner 4. Transitional Justice’s Impact on Rule of Law: Symbol or Substance? Padraig McAuliffe 5. Transitional Justice and Human Rights Frédeéric Mégret and Raphael Vagliano 6. Transitional Justice and Gender Catherine O’Rourke 7. Transitional Justice and ‘Local’ Justice Dustin N. Sharp 8. Transitional Justice and Development  Peter J. Dixon Part II: The Actors of Transitional Justice 9. The United Nations and Transitional Justice Alison Davidian and Emily Kenney 10. The Role of International NGOs in the Emergence of Transitional Justice: A case study of the International Center for Transitional Justice Sara Dezalay 11. The Role of Local Civil Society in Transitional Justice Hugo van der Merwe and Maya Schkolne 12. Transitional Justice and the ‘Plight’ of Victimhood Laurel E. Fletcher and Harvey M. Weinstein 13. Art and Transitional Justice: The 'Infinite Incompleteness' of Transition Andrea Breslin 14. Media and Transitional Justice: A Dream of Symbiosis in a Troubled Relationship Refik Hodzic and David Tolbert Part III: The Mechanisms of Transitional Justice 15. The International Criminal Court: In the Interests of Transitional Justice? James Gallen 16. Transitional Justice and the End of Impunity: Hybrid tribunals Aaron Fichtelberg 17. Transitional Justice and Truth Commissions Cheryl Lawther 18. Transitional Justice and Amnesties Tom Hadden 19. Transitional Justice and Reparations: Remedying the Past? Luke Moffett 20. Contributions of International Commissions of Inquiry to Transitional Justice Catherine Harwood 21. Transitional Justice: Vetting and Lustration Cynthia M. Horne Part IV: The Practice of Transitional Justice 22. Guatemala: Lessons for Transitional Justice Naomi Roht-Arriaza 23. Pursuing Retributive and Reparative Justice within Cambodia Rachel Killean 24. Transitional Justice and the Case of Palestine Brendan Ciarán Browne 25. Transitional Justice in Central and Eastern Europe Lavinia Stan Index

About the Author :
Edited by Cheryl Lawther, Reader in the School of Law, Luke Moffett, Reader in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK and Dov Jacobs, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Review :
'This is an exciting time to be working in transitional justice as is confirmed by this Research Handbook. This collection draws from a rich breadth of diverse settings, a broad interdisciplinary range of literature and offers a reflective, critical and persuasive overview of many of the key debates in the field. It is an excellent volume which will do much for both the thinking in and the doing of transitional justice. The editors and contributors are to be congratulated for such fine work.' --Kieran McEvoy, Queen's University Belfast, UK