DESIGNING BESPOKE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: A PLURALIST PROCESS APPROACH

• Published in: Michigan journal of international law Vol. 32; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Author: Ramji-Nogales, Jaya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ann Arbor Michigan Journal of International Law 01.10.2010
• Subjects: Case studies; Criminal law; Design; Human rights; International law; Principles; Society; Violence

Drawing on several scholarly methods, I posit that effective transitional justice mechanisms are ones that successfully reconstruct social norms opposing mass violence. Because norm generation is an inherently communal and contingent social process, transitional justice ought to be primarily locally...