Truth v. Justice : The Morality of Truth Commissions.

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Author / Creator:Rotberg, Robert I.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (318 pages)
Language:English
Series:The University Center for Human Values Series
The University Center for Human Values Series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10369998
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Other authors / contributors:Thompson, Dennis.
ISBN:9781400832033 117.44 (3U)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Other form:Print version: Rotberg, Robert I. Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2010 9780691050720
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. Truth Commissions and the Provision of Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation
  • II. The Moral Foundations of Truth Commissions
  • III. Restoring Decency to Barbaric Societies
  • IV. Moral Ambition Within and Beyond Political Constraints: Reflections on Restorative Justice
  • V. Truth Commissions, Transitional Justice, and Civil Society
  • VI. The Moral Foundations of the South African TRC: Truth as Acknowledgment and Justice as Recognition
  • VII. Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: The Third Way
  • VIII. The Uses of Truth Commissions: Lessons for the World
  • IX. Amnesty, Truth, and Reconciliation: Reflections on the South African Amnesty Process
  • X. Amnesty's Justice
  • XI. Trials, Commissions, and Investigating Committees: The Elusive Search for Norms of Due Process
  • XII. The Hope for Healing: What Can Truth Commissions Do?
  • XIII. Doing History, Doing Justice: The Narrative of the Historian and of the Truth Commission
  • XIV. Constructing a Report: Writing Up the "Truth"
  • The Contributors
  • Index