Restoring justice after large-scale violent conflicts : Kosovo, DR Congo and the Israeli-Palestinian case /
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| Imprint: | Cullompton, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008. |
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| Description: | xxv, 483 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6825392 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on contributors
- Explanation of the COST Organisation
- Part 1. Introduction
- 1. Challenging restorative justice - state-based conflict, mass victimisation and the changing nature of warfare
- 2. Dealing with violent conflicts and mass victimisation: a human dignity approach
- Part 2. Case studies
- Section 1. The Kosovo conflict
- 3. Prologue to the Kosovo drama: causes and consequences of a violent ethno-political conflict
- 4. Criminal judicial qualification and prosecution in the Racak case according to national and international legislation - Albanian perspective
- 5. Criminological views and informal responses to the Racak massacre according to Albanian customary law and the principles of international law - Albanian perspective
- 6. Potential for the use of informal mechanisms and responses to the Kosovo conflict - Serbian perspective
- 7. A restorative approach for dealing with the aftermath of the Kosovo conflict - opportunities and limits
- Section 2. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- 8. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the second intifada - a cycle of violence
- 9. Courting the intifada: discussing legal perspectives
- 10. Israeli-Jewish cultural aspects of an event of violence: between biblical codes and Zionist ideology - Israeli perspective
- 11. Cultural aspects in responding to violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Palestinian perspective
- 12. Opportunities and limits for applying restorative justice in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Section 3. The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- 13. The conflict in the DR Congo: a story of failed transitions and interlocking conflicts
- 14. Decayed, decimated, usurped and inadequate: the challenge of finding justice through formal mechanisms in the DR Congo
- 15. Between peace and justice: informal mechanisms in the DR Congo
- 16. Restorative justice and truth-seeking in the DR Congo: much closing for peace, little opening for justice
- Part 4. Conclusion
- 17. Racak, Mahane Yehuda and Nyabyondo: restorative justice between the formal and the informal
- 18. From micro to macro, from individual to state: restorative justice and multi-level diplomacy in divided societies
- Index
