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The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State

By Patrick Schmidt

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521844657, 9780521844659, 9780511115707
LCC
KF3570 .S35 2005
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7154759 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Edition
1
Pages
318\318
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid. However, the TRC's restorative justice approach did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg. It argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse.

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