Overview

The Limits of Transition: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission 20 Years on is an interdisciplinary collection that celebrates and critiques the work of the TRC after 20 years. The authors consider whether the TRC has continued relevance for South Africa. The book further explores the legacy of the ‘unfinished business’ of the TRC.

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Author:   Mia Swart ,  Karin van Marle
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9789004339552

ISBN 10:   9004339558
Pages:   10
Publication Date:   16 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Introduction Part 1: Reflections Rethinking Reconciliation and Forgiveness at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Antjie Krog Meeting the Man who Organised a Bomb in My Car Albie Sachs Part 2: Contributions Jurisprudence after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission - 'Welcoming Other Ways of Being' and a 'Jurisprudence of Sense' Karin van Marle Failure to Pursue Economic Reparations has, and Will Continue to Undermine Racial Reconciliation William Gumede Property in Transitional Times: The Glaring Absence of Property at the trc Elmien du Plessis Performing and Resisting the Post-trc 'trauma-drama': Survivor's Narratives of Past and Present Violence in South Africa Kim Wale The Moral Imperative of the trc and the Question of Collective Guilt Mia Swart What Did the trc Teach South Africa about Democratic Citizenship? Hugo van der Merwe Real Zones of Indistinction: Crisis, Exception, Norm - and the trc as Biopolitical Imperative Jaco Barnard-Naude South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Light of Ubuntu: A Comprehensive Appraisal Thaddeus Metz The Media Hearings of the trc: Lessons to Be Learnt for Transitional Justice Processes Ylva Rodny-Gumede Putting the J into the trc: Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission Ronald C. Slye Endnote Karin van Marle Index

Reviews

This is an important book. It is important because it presumes transitional justice as ongoing, as a journey, and not as sealed or finite. Professors Swart and Van Marle have assembled a host of vivid, engaged voices. These voices examine the 'unfinished business' of the South African TRC. These voices - voices of optimism, voices of verve - teach us something: they teach us not to rue or regret that which is unfinished, but instead to seize upon that which is unfinished as opportunity and renewal. Mark A. Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University.

Author Information

Mia Swart is professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg where she teaches the LLM course in international law. She focuses her research on the fields of transitional justice, international criminal law, and comparative constitutional law. Karin van Marle is professor of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria where she teaches Jurisprudence and related modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research falls within the broad field of legal theory, legal philosophy and jurisprudence.

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