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?