The Limits of Transition: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission 20 Years on

Mia Swart, Karin Van Marle (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

10 Seiten

2017
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-33955-2 (ISBN)

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The Limits of Transition: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission 20 Years on is an interdisciplinary collection that celebrates and critiques the work of the TRC after 20 years. The authors consider whether the TRC has continued relevance for South Africa. The book further explores the legacy of the ‘unfinished business’ of the TRC.

Mia Swart is professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg where she teaches the LLM course in international law. She focuses her research on the fields of transitional justice, international criminal law, and comparative constitutional law. Karin van Marle is professor of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria where she teaches Jurisprudence and related modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research falls within the broad field of legal theory, legal philosophy and jurisprudence.

List of Contributors
Introduction

Part 1: Reflections
Rethinking Reconciliation and Forgiveness at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Antjie Krog

“Meeting the Man who Organised a Bomb in My Car”
Albie Sachs

Part 2: Contributions
Jurisprudence after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – ‘Welcoming Other Ways of Being’ and a ‘Jurisprudence of Sense’
Karin van Marle

Failure to Pursue Economic Reparations has, and Will Continue to Undermine Racial Reconciliation
William Gumede

Property in Transitional Times: The Glaring Absence of Property at the trc
Elmien du Plessis

Performing and Resisting the Post-trc ‘trauma-drama’: Survivor’s Narratives of Past and Present Violence in South Africa
Kim Wale

The Moral Imperative of the trc and the Question of Collective Guilt
Mia Swart

What Did the trc Teach South Africa about Democratic Citizenship?
Hugo van der Merwe

Real Zones of Indistinction: Crisis, Exception, Norm – and the trc as Biopolitical Imperative
Jaco Barnard-Naudé

South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Light of Ubuntu: A Comprehensive Appraisal
Thaddeus Metz

The Media Hearings of the trc: Lessons to Be Learnt for Transitional Justice Processes
Ylva Rodny-Gumede

Putting the J into the trc: Kenya’s Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission
Ronald C. Slye

Endnote
Karin van Marle

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.08.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	640 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
ISBN-10	90-04-33955-8 / 9004339558
ISBN-13	978-90-04-33955-2 / 9789004339552
Zustand	Neuware