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Justice in Transition.
- Source :
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Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique . Mar2006, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p117-134. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This paper questions both realist and restorative conceptions of truth commissions, to the extent that both of those conceptions neglect the internal links between truth commissions and criminal trials. Interpreting the requirements of retribution, responsibility and truth-telling, the paper argues that trials and truth commissions should be placed at points on a spectrum rather than in distinct categories, and that the circumstances of political transition explain the divergences in their respective practices. We may see truth commissions and trials as expressing the same aims of justice, though in contextually differentiated ways that modify both the subordinate principles required by the aims of justice and also their institutional expression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TRUTH commissions
*TRIALS (Law)
*RETRIBUTION
*RESPONSIBILITY
*JUSTICE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00084239
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20746857
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423906060070