Justice and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa / edited by François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Du Bois, François, editor.

Du Bois-Pedain, Antje, editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political crimes and offenses--South Africa.

Political crimes and offenses.

Restorative justice--South Africa.

Restorative justice.

Truth commissions--South Africa.

Truth commissions.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Justice & Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Summary:

Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa assesses the transitional processes under way since the early 1990s to create a stable and just society. Change in South Africa is often credited to the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but the work of this institution forms but a facet of a much broader picture. This book looks at the steps which accompanied and followed the TRC's activities, such as land restitution, institutional reforms and social and cultural initiatives. Thematically, it interlinks the TRC's concerns over truth and reconciliation with an analysis of the concepts of justice, accountability, harm and reconciliation and with competing perceptions of what these notions entail in the South African context. Bringing together international and South African scholars whose work has focused on these themes, the contributions provide a cohesive and inspiring analysis of South Africa's response to its unjust past.

Contents:

Reconciliation as surrender: configurations of responsibility and memory / Emilios Christodoulidis and Scott Veitch

Radical forgiveness: transforming traumatic memory beyond / Hannah Arendt, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Communicating criminal and political responsibility in the TRC prcocess / Antje du Bois-Pedain

The contribution of criminal justice / Volker Nerlich

Reparation and the forms of justice / François du Bois

Land restitution and reconciliation in South Africa / Theunis Roux

For justice and reconciliation to come: the TRC archive, big business and the demand for material reparations / Jaco Barnard-Naudé

Transition, forgiveness, and citizenship: the TRC and the social construction of forgiveness / Stéphane Leman-Langlois and Clifford Shearing

The evolving legitimacy of the South African Constitutional Court / James L. Gibson

Drawing the line: justice and the art of reconciliation / Carrol Clarkson

Post-conflict justice and the reconciliatory paradigm: the South African experience / François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedainches.

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ISBN:

9780511575419

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