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Examines one of the few documented early examples of restorative justice from Africa or Latin America.
With a writing system, Ethiopian emperors as well as pretenders to the throne chronicled their exploits including peace-building feats, and this book showcases and analyses historically verified instances, from as early as 1769, where restorative justice modalities were used to resolve conflict and bring peace to the country.
Peace not War traces Ethiopia's evolving understanding of restorative justice from the 'forgive and forget' approach which characterized the Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes), where perpetrators were exonerated, allowing them to recoup and build their armies to fight another day, to conditional forgiveness, recorded by the imperial court and dependent on atonement. Ethiopia's long history of experimentation with different forms of restorative justice demonstrates ingenuity, flexibility, and adaptability, but as the twentieth century progressed, workable, indigenous forms of restorative justice were sidelined by Western codified law that emphasized retribution.
Sommario
Introduction
1. Restorative Justice Abstracted
2. The Zemene Mesafint: Restorative Justice Misapplied
3. Conditional Forgiveness: Restorative Justice Done Right
4. The Battle of Adwa: Justice Misinterpreted
5. The Battle of Segale: Justice and Legitimacy
6. Italians, Collaborators, and the Indifferent: Muddled Justice
7. The 1960 Coup d'État: Restorative Justice Ignored
Epilogue
Glossary
Index
Info autore
CHARLES SCHAEFER is Senior Research Professor of History at Valparaiso University, Indiana. Additionally, he taught in the Department of History at Addis Ababa University. He has written many articles on Ethiopia and co-edited
The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials: Transitional Justice Challenged (James Currey, 2009).
