Delayed Transitional Justice - Lessons From Spain, Brazil, and Uruguay

This book addresses the issue of the timing of transitional justice policies in countries that have negotiated transitions from authoritarianism to democracy.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
Conceptual and theoretical framework
1 Definition and operationalization of transitional justice: The Transitional Justice Scale
2 Theoretical framework: A holistic approach to delayed transitional justice
PART II
Transitional justice trajectories in context
3 Spain: From deliberate forgetting to limited acknowledgment
4 Uruguay: From blockage to criminal accountability
5 Brazil: From a marginal issue to the ‘right to truth’
PART III
Comparative analysis 2
6 Making sense of the timing of transitional justice
7 Making sense of differences in countries’ trajectories
Conclusion
Annex
Index

About the author

Mariana S. Mendes is a post-doctoral researcher at the Mercator Forum for Migration and Democracy, Institute of Political Science, Technical University Dresden, Germany.

Summary

This book addresses the issue of the timing of transitional justice policies in countries that have negotiated transitions from authoritarianism to democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Mariana S. Mendes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032318394
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231839-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Transitional Justice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, International Criminal Law, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Legal aspects of criminology, Regional / International studies, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Public international law: criminal law, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law