Title Historical justice in international perspective : how societies are trying to right the wrongs of the past / edited by Manfred Berg, Bernd Schaefer

Published Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description xi, 317 pages ; 24 cm Series Publications of the German Historical Institute Publications of the German Historical Institute. Summary "This book makes a valuable contribution to recent 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 in 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 New Zealand. The book highlights the diversity of the ways societies have tried to right past wrongs as the demand for historical justice has become universal."--BOOK JACKET Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Reparations for historical injustices -- Case studies. Restorative justice. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Genre/Form Case studies. Author Berg, Manfred, 1959- Schäfer, Bernd, 1962- LC no. 2008009527 ISBN 9780521876834 0521876834

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