Historical Justice in International Perspective: How Societies Are Trying to Right the Wrongs of the Past - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107406080 ISBN 13: 9781107406087

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

This book makes a valuable contribution to 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 from a 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.

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Recensione:

"...this collection makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of scholarship on historical justice, which is precisely what it sets out to do." -Sarah Pinto, Canadian Journal of History

Descrizione del libro:

This book makes a valuable contribution to recent debates on redress for historical injustices, offering a broad array of case studies from nine different countries on five continents. Its essays highlight the diversity of claims and movements and of the ways in which societies have tried to right past wrongs.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107406080
• ISBN 13: 9781107406087
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 332
• Redattore: Berg Manfred