Reparation for victims of armed conflict /

This third volume of the publisher's "Max Planck Trialogues" series features three authors discussing humanitarian and human rights law. Correa (International Center for Transition Justice, New York), Furuya (Waseda Univ.), and Sandoval (Univ. of Essex) offer detailed discussions around the concept of reparations for individuals whose rights are violated during a conflict. The authors leave aside the question of whether reparation is a legal concept. Instead, they concentrate on how to identify who is entitled to reparations, what reparations are attainable, and the legal and political institutions necessary to achieving them. Most valuable are the insights regarding the interplay among domestic institutions, international law, and regional and international courts. An important resource providing background on the conceptualization of reparations and relevant case law, the text is suitable for use in courses dealing with jus post bellum, the relatively new concept that just war has a third component, i.e., morality of termination, as discussed extensively in literature on war crimes tribunals (e.g., Gary Bass, Stay the Hand of Vengeance, CH, Feb'01, 38-3557), and rebuilding after a war (e.g., Brian Orend, The Morality of War, CH, Dec'06, 44-2057). Students and faculty of international relations, international law, and human rights as well as international law practitioners will find this work useful. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. --Heather L Katz, Southwestern Oklahoma State University