This book engages the limits of transitional justice and, specifically, the interface between transitional justice and the related concept of transformative justice. Challenging and developing the work of transitional justice scholars and practitioners, the book addresses the limitations of existing mechanisms in contexts where they are applied.

Table of contents

Notes on contributors

Chapter summaries

Foreword

Paul Gready

1. Transitional Justice and Beyond: An Introduction to Critical, International and Interdisciplinary Debates

Matthew Evans

2. Tackling Structural Violence through the Transformative Justice Framework

Dáire McGill

3. Addressing Historical Wrongs in Post-Transition South Africa: What role for transformative justice?

Matthew Evans

4. The transformative potential of post-war justice initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Daniela Lai and Caterina Bonora

5. The Problem of Elites

Pádraig McAuliffe

6. Culture: The missing link in transitional justice; an imperative for transformative justice

Cathy Bollaert

7. Selective Justice and Constructions of Victimhood at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Rachel Killean

8. Distant historical wrongs, truth telling and restorative justice: Exploring schools and museums as potential vehicles for repairing historical wrongs

David Wilkins

Afterwords on Aftermaths

Lars Waldorf

Index