Theorizing Transitional Justice

This book addresses the theoretical underpinnings of the field of transitional justice and aims to clarify the theoretical profiles of transitional justice strategies. The study is organized along crucial intersections which evaluate aspects connected to the genealogy, nature, scope and most appropriate methodology for the study of transitional justice, whilst the specific transitional instruments of war crime tribunals, truth commissions, administrative purges, reparations and historical commissions are considered throughout. The book brings together some of the most original writings from established experts as well as from promising young scholars in the field.

This book addresses the theoretical underpinnings of the field of transitional justice, something that has hitherto been lacking both in study and practice. With the common goal of clarifying some of the theoretical profiles of transitional justice strategies, the study is organized along crucial intersections evaluating aspects connected to the genealogy, the nature, the scope and the most appropriate methodology for the study of transitional justice. The chapters also take up normative and political considerations pertaining to specific transitional instruments such as war crime tribunals, truth commissions, administrative purges, reparations, and historical commissions. Bringing together some of the most original writings from established experts as well as from promising young scholars in the field, the collection will be an essential resource for researchers, academics and policy-makers in Law, Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology.