Truth v. justice : the morality of truth commissions / edited by Robert I. Rotberg and Dennis Thompson. - Princeton : Princeton and oxford, 2000. - vi, 309p. : 24 cm.

Includes index.

Contents : Truth commissions and the provision of truth,justice and reconciliation -- The moral foundations of truth commissions -- Restoring decency to barbaric societies -- Moral ambition within and beyond political constraints:reflections on restorative justice -- Truth commissions,transitional justice,and civil society -- The moral foundations of the South African TRC: Truth as acknowledgement and justice as recognition -- Truth and reconciliation in South Africa:The third way -- The uses of truth commissions: Lessons for the world -- Amnesty, truth and reconciliation:Reflections on the South African amnesty process -- Amnesty justice -- Trials,commissions and investigating committees:The elusive search for norms of due process -- The hope for healing: what can truth commissions do?

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