Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice - A Comparative Study of Germany, Spain and Turkey

Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice explores the effect of transitional justice measures on 'regime consolidation', or the means by which a new political system is established in a post-transition context. Focusing on the long-term impact of transitional justice mechanisms in three countries over several decades, the gradual process by which these political systems have been legitimatised is revealed. Through case studies of East and West Germany after World War II, Spain after the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975 and Turkey's long journey to achieving democratic reform, Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice shows how transitional justice and regime consolidation are intertwined. The interdisciplinary study, which will be of interest to scholars of criminal law, human rights law, political science, democracy, autocracies and transformation theories, demonstrates, importantly, that the political systems in question are not always 'more' democratic than their predecessors and do not always enhance democracy post-regime consolidation.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. The concept of regime change and consolidation; 4. Transitional justice measures; 5. The case studies: Germany, Spain and Turkey; 6. Regime consolidation through transitional justice.

About the author

Anja Mihr is Programme Director of the Center on Governance through Human Rights, at the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform in Berlin.

Summary

Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice explores, by focusing on the long-term impact of transitional justice mechanisms in Germany, Spain and Turkey over a twenty-year period, the effect of justice measures on 'regime consolidation', or the means by which a new political system is established and legitimised in a post-transition context.

Product details

• Authors: Anja Mihr, Anja (Universitat Erfurt Mihr, Mihr Anja
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781108423069
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42306-9
• No. of pages: 476
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Spain, Human Rights, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, Turkey, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Legal aspects of criminology, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Criminology: legal aspects, Türkiye / Turkey