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Osiel Mark J

Mass atrocity, collective memory and the law - London Transaction Publishers 1997 - 317p ix

Contents:
Chapter Introduction;
part Part I. How Prosecution Assists Collective Memory and How Memory Furthers Social Solidarity;
chapter Introduction;
chapter 1 Crime, Consensus, and Solidarity;
chapter 2 Solidarity Through Civil Dissensus;
part Part II. Legal Shaping of Collective Memory: Six Obstacles;
chapter 3 Defendants' Rights, National Narrative, and Liberal Memory;
chapter 4 Losing Perspective, Distorting History;
chapter 5 Legal Judgment As Precedent and Analogy;
chapter 6 Breaking with the Past, Through Guilt and Repentance;
chapter 7 Constructing Memory with Legal Blueprints;
chapter 8 Making Public Memory, Publicly.

ISBN: 9780765806635

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. War Crime Trials - Moral & Ethical Aspects2. War Crime Trials - Social Aspects 3. Memory Social Aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 341.600000 / OSI