Overview
- Provides a systematic overview of transitional justice
- Analyzes the most important legal issues concerning transitional justice
- Makes reference to numerous country situations
Part of the book series: Springer Textbooks in Law (SPTELA)
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The expression “transitional justice” emerged at the end of the Cold War, during the transition from dictatorships to democracies, and serves as a central concept in dealing with systemic injustice. This textbook examines the basic principles of transitional justice and explores its core mechanisms, including prosecutions, amnesties, truth commissions, reparations, and vetting the public service. It elaborates the substance and legal framework of these mechanisms and discusses current challenges.
The book provides extensive material illustrating a wide variety of transitional justice situations.
“This book summarizes the subjects of transitional justice and Vergangenheitsbewältigung systematically and clearly” (Joachim Gauck, German Federal President, 2012-2017).
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Gerhard Werle is Professor Emeritus of German and International Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Modern Legal History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Director of the African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice. He has been an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) and holds honorary professorships at North-West University of Political Science and Law (**’an, China) and the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa).
Moritz Vormbaum is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and International Criminal Law at the University of Münster (Germany). Before assuming his current position, he was Senior Researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, as well as a coordinator and lecturer at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transitional Justice
Book Subtitle: The Legal Framework
Authors: Gerhard Werle, Moritz Vormbaum
Series Title: Springer Textbooks in Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65151-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65150-6Published: 09 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65153-7Published: 10 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-65151-3Published: 08 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2509-999X
Series E-ISSN: 2510-0009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 148
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, International Criminal Law , Human Rights, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Legal History, Political History