Comparative and International Perspectives Lessa, Francesca editor of compilation. Payne, Leigh A. editor of compilation. text enk 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (456 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Uganda and Uruguay. The volume goes beyond merely describing these case studies, but also considers what we learn from them in terms of overcoming impunity and promoting accountability to contribute to improvements in human rights and democracy. Edited by Francesca Lessa, Leigh A. Payne. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Amnesty Human rights Liability (Law) K5132 .A47 2012 345/.077 9781139177153 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177153 UkCbUP 111025 20171019112329.0 CR9781139177153