Justice Framed - A Genealogy of Transitional Justice

A new perspective on the history of transitional justice and why the discourse prioritises particular responses to human rights violations.

Table des matières

1. Introduction; Part I. History: 2. The discourse of transitional justice: objects, concepts, actors and characteristics; 3. The birth of transitional justice: emergence; Part II. Prehistory: 4. The myth of Nuremberg: origin; 5. The Cold War impasse: descent; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

A propos de l'auteur

Marcos Zunino is Research Fellow in Judicial Independence and Constitutional Transitions at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He has previously worked for the United Nations, international non-governmental organisations and the Argentine judiciary. He served as a Legal Officer at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Marcos completed a Ph.D. in Law at the University of Cambridge and was a Scholar in Residence at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice of New York University.

Résumé

An essential resource for anybody interested in transitional justice and human rights. Lawyers, policy-makers, transitional justice scholars and historians will find that it provides a compelling account of the history of transitional justice, uncovering forgotten episodes and neglected mechanisms for responding to past human rights violations.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marcos Zunino, Marcos (British Institute of International Zunino, Marcos (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) Zunino
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108475259
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47525-9
• Pages: 318
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; Internationale Beziehungen, Rechtsgeschichte, Internationales Öffentliches Recht: Humanitäres Recht, Internationales Öffentliches Recht: Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen, LAW / International, International Relations, Legal History, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Armed Conflict, International Organisations & Institutions