Truth v. justice [electronic resource] : the morality of truth commissions / edited by Robert I. Rotberg and Dennis Thompson.
"The truth commission is an increasingly common fixture of newly democratic states with repressive or strife-ridden pasts. From South Africa to Haiti, truth commissions are at work with varying degrees of support and success. To many, they are the best--or only--way to achieve a full accounting...
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| Other title: | Truth versus justice |
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
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©2000.
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| Series: | University Center for Human Values series.
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Table of Contents:
- Truth commissions and the provision of truth, justice, and reconciliation / Robert I. Rotberg
- The moral foundations of truth commissions / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson
- Restoring decency to barbaric societies / Rajeev Bhargava
- Moral ambition within and beyond political constraints: reflections on restorative justice / Elizabeth Kiss
- Truth commissions, transitional justice, and civil society / David A. Crocker
- The moral foundations of the South African TRC: truth as acknowledgment and justice as recognition / André du Toit
- Truth and reconciliation in South Africa: the third way / Alex Boraine
- The uses of truth commissions: lessons for the world / Dumisa B. Ntsebeza
- Amnesty, truth, and reconciliation: reflections on the South African amnesty process / Ronald C. Slye
- Amnesty's justice / Kent Greenawalt
- Trials, commissions, and investigating committees: the elusive search for norms of due process / Sanford Levinson
- The hope for healing: what can truth commissions do? / Martha Minow
- Doing history, doing justice: the narrative of the historian and of the truth commission / Charles S. Maier
- Constructing a report: writing up the "truth" / Charles Villa-Vicencio and Wilhelm Verwoerd.