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Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability: Comparative and International Perspectives
Francesca Lessa
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paperback. This edited volume discusses the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. Editor(s): Lessa, Francesca; Payne, Leigh A. Num Pages: 456 pages, 14 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: LAM; LBBR; LNDC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610. Comparative and International Perspectives. 456 pages, 14 b/w illus. 4 tables. Editor(s): Lessa, Francesca; Payne, Leigh A. This edited volume discusses the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: LAM; LBBR; LNDC. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 22. Weight: 616.
This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The theoretical and empirical contributions in this book offer new ways of understanding and tackling the enduring persistence of amnesty in the age of accountability. In addition to cross-national studies, the volume encompasses eleven country cases of amnesty for past human rights violations: ... Read more
This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The theoretical and empirical contributions in this book offer new ways of understanding and tackling the enduring persistence of amnesty in the age of accountability. In addition to cross-national studies, the volume encompasses eleven country cases of amnesty for past human rights violations: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107617339
SKU
V9781107617339
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About Francesca Lessa
Francesca Lessa is Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Latin American Centre and Research Fellow at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, where she works on 'The Impact of Transitional Justice on Human Rights and Democracy', a project funded by the US National Science Foundation and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. Before joining the University of Oxford, she was ... Read more
Reviews for Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability: Comparative and International Perspectives
"[This] book is a welcome contribution to the rapidly expanding field of transnational justice and to the menu of policy choice after gross violations of human rights."
D.P. Forsythe, emeritus, University of Nebraska, Reviewing for Choice Magazine
D.P. Forsythe, emeritus, University of Nebraska, Reviewing for Choice Magazine