Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia by Hinton, Alexander

Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198820949)

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Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia by Hinton, Alexander

Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia

$170.00
Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia by Hinton, Alexander

Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia

$170.00
Format: Hardcover
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Is there a point to international justice?

Many contend that tribunals deliver not only justice but truth, reconciliation, peace, democratization, and the rule of law. These are the transitional justice ideals frequently invoked in relation to the international hybrid tribunal in Cambodia that is trying senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the mid-to-late 1970s.

In this ground-breaking book, Alexander Hinton argues these claims are a facade masking what is most critical: the ways in which transitional justice is translated, experienced, and understood in everyday life. Rather than reading the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in the language of global justice and human rights, survivors understand the proceedings in their own terms, including Buddhist beliefs and on-going relationships with the spirits of the dead.


Author: Alexander Hinton
ISBN-10: 0198820941
ISBN-13: 9780198820949
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 05/22/2018
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
By Alexander Hinton
By Alexander Hinton
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Alexander Hinton, Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University

Alexander Hinton is Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Professor of Anthropology, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University. The American Anthropological Association selected Hinton as the recipient of the Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology. Hinton was listed as one of 'Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide' and is a past President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Hinton has received fellowships from a range of institutions and was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Most recently Hinton was a convener of the international "Rethinking Peace Studies" initiative and served as an expert witness at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

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