Mirrors of justice : law and power in the post-Cold War era / edited by Kamari Maxine Clarke, Mark Goodale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Kamari Maxine, 1966-

Goodale, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects.

Human rights.

Crimes against humanity.

Physical Description:

xii, 344 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"Mirrors of Justice is a groundbreaking study of the meanings of and possibilities for justice in the contemporary world. The book brings together a group of both prominent and emerging scholars to reconsider the relationships between justice, international law, culture, power, and history through case studies of a wide range of justice processes. The book's eighteen authors examine the ambiguities of justice in Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Melanesia through critical empirical and historical chapters. The introduction makes an important contribution to our understanding of the multiplicity of justice in the twenty-first century by providing an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that synthesizes the book's chapters with leading-edge literatures on human rights, legal pluralism, and international law"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Understanding the multiplicity of justice / Mark Goodale and Kamari Maxine Clarke

Beyond compliance : toward an anthropological understanding of international justice / Sally Engle Merry

Postcolonial denial : why the European court of human rights finds it so difficult to acknowledge racism / Marie-Bénédicte Dembour

Proleptic justice : the threat of investigation as a deterrent to human rights abuses in Côte d'Ivoire / Mike McGovern

Global governmentality : the case of transnational adoption / Signe Howell

Implementing the International Criminal Court treaty in Africa : the role of nongovernmental organizations and government agencies in constitutional reform / Benson Chinedu Olugbuo

Measuring justice : internal conflict over the World Bank's empirical approach to human rights / Galit A. Sarfaty

The victim deserving of global justice : power, caution, and recovering individuals / Susan F. Hirsch

Recognition, reciprocity, and justice : Melanesian reflections on the rights of relationships / Joel Robbins

Irreconcilable differences? Shari'ah, human rights, and family code reform in contemporary Morocco / Amy Elizabeth Young

The production of "forgiveness" : God, justice, and state failure in post-war Sierra Leone / Rosalind Shaw

Impunity and paranoia : writing histories in Indonesian violence / Elizabeth F. Drexler

National security, weapons of mass destruction, and the selective pursuit of justice at the Tokyo war crimes trial, 1946-1948 / Jeanne Guillemin

Justice and the League of Nations minority regime / Jane K. Cowan

Commissioning truth, constructing silences : the Peruvian Truth Commission and the other truths of "terrorists" / Lisa J. Laplante and Kimberly Theidon

Epilogue: The words we use : justice, human rights, and the sense of injustice / Laura Nader.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521195379

0521195373

OCLC:

429025751

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