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Title: Truth v. Justice by Robert I. Rotberg, Dennis Thompson ISBN: 0-691-05072-4 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential for anyone researching truth commissions
Comment: The book contains pieces by noted academics such as Amy Gutman, Martha Minow and Kent Greenawalt, providing a reasonably through overview of the moral issues surrounding truth commissions. The book tries to pose and discuss questions such as "Do truth commissions sacrifice justice for pragmatic reasons?" and "Can truth commissions be justified by appeals to non-retributive theories of justice." Almost all of the essays are well written, and on the whole the book provides an excellent introduction into the theory behind truth commissions, though it focuses almost exclusively on the South African model and generally ignores commissions in Latin America and Europe. Although a number of the essays cite historical events, the book lacks pieces describing the actual formation and work of South Africa's Truth Commission; nor does it contain any primary documents. However, most of the relevant documents are easily accessible on the web, and their absence does not seriously detract from the book.
The book is solidly aimed at the academic realm; those wishing for an easy-to-read, general introduction to truth commissions should probably look elsewhere. However, I highly recommend this book as a general reference and for students and scholars seriously interested in the theoretical underpinnings of truth commissions.
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Title: Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence by Martha Minow ISBN: 0807045071 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocities by Priscilla B. Hayner ISBN: 0415924782 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Transitional Justice by Ruti G. Teitel ISBN: 0195151267 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Mpilo Tutu ISBN: 0385496907 Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 17 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Breaking the Cycles of Hatred : Memory, Law, and Repair by Martha Minow, Nancy L. Rosenblum ISBN: 0691096635 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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