Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda - Justice Without Lawyers

Informationen zum Autor Phil Clark is a Research Fellow in Courts and Public Policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies! University of Oxford! and a Convenor for Oxford Transitional Justice Research. He has used his experience and knowledge of conflict issues in Africa and elsewhere to provide policy advice to a wide range of government and non-government actors. Klappentext Phil Clark explores the impact of the Gacaca community courts! the centrepiece of Rwanda's justice and reconciliation programme. Zusammenfassung Since 2001! the Gacaca community courts have been the centrepiece of Rwanda's justice and reconciliation programme. Drawing on six years of fieldwork in Rwanda and nearly five hundred interviews with participants! this book's conclusions provide indispensable insight into post-genocide justice and reconciliation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Map of Rwanda; Introduction; 1. Framing Gacaca: transitional justice themes; 2. Moulding tradition: the history, law and hybridity of Gacaca; 3. Interpreting Gacaca: the rationale for analysing a dynamic socio-legal institution; 4. The Gacaca journey: the rough road to justice and reconciliation; 5. Gacaca's modus operandi: engagement through popular participation; 6. Gacaca's pragmatic objectives; 7. Accuser, liberator or reconciler? Truth through Gacaca; 8. Law, order and restoration: peace and justice through Gacaca; 9. Mending hearts and minds: healing and forgiveness through Gacaca; 10. (Re)fusing social bonds: Gacaca and reconciliation; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Clark, Phil (Dr Clark, Clark Phil
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521193481
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19348-1
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, International Relations, Rwanda, Politics & government, African History, Criminal justice law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law