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Historical Justice in International Perspective: How Societies Are Trying to Right the Wrongs of the Past
Edited By Manfred Be
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Description for Historical Justice in International Perspective: How Societies Are Trying to Right the Wrongs of the Past
Paperback. This book's essays analyze a broad array of case studies dealing with redress of historical injustices. Editor(s): Berg, Manfred; Schaefer, Bernd. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
This book makes a valuable contribution to debates on redress for historical injustices by offering case studies from nine countries on five continents. The contributors examine the problems of material restitution, criminal justice, apologies, recognition, memory and reconciliation in national contexts as well as from a comparative perspective. Among the topics discussed are the claims for reparations for slavery in the United States, West German restitution for the Holocaust, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the efforts to prosecute the perpetrators of the Khmer Rouge's mass murders in Cambodia and the struggles of the indigenous people of Australia and ... Read more
This book makes a valuable contribution to debates on redress for historical injustices by offering case studies from nine countries on five continents. The contributors examine the problems of material restitution, criminal justice, apologies, recognition, memory and reconciliation in national contexts as well as from a comparative perspective. Among the topics discussed are the claims for reparations for slavery in the United States, West German restitution for the Holocaust, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the efforts to prosecute the perpetrators of the Khmer Rouge's mass murders in Cambodia and the struggles of the indigenous people of Australia and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Publications of the German Historical Institute
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107406087
SKU
V9781107406087
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Reviews for Historical Justice in International Perspective: How Societies Are Trying to Right the Wrongs of the Past
"...this collection makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of scholarship on historical justice, which is precisely what it sets out to do." -Sarah Pinto, Canadian Journal of History