Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law Contributor(s): Yusuf, Hakeem O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415601517 ISBN-13: 9780415601511 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Conflict Of Laws - Law | International - Law | Civil Procedure |
Dewey: 347.6 |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 204 pages |
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Publisher Description: Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law addresses the importance of judicial accountability in transitional justice processes. Despite a general consensus that the judiciary plays an important role in contemporary governance, accountability for the judicial role in formerly authoritarian societies remains largely elided and under-researched. Hakeem O. Yusuf argues that the purview of transitional justice mechanisms should, as a matter of policy, be extended to scrutiny of the judicial role in the past. Through a critical comparative approach that cuts through the transitioning experiences of post-authoritarian and post-conflict polities in Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa, the book focuses specifically on Nigeria. It demonstrates that public accountability of the judiciary through the mechanism of a truth-seeking process is a necessary component in securing comprehensive accountability for the judicial role in the past. Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law further shows that an across-the-board transformation of state institutions - an important aspiration of transitional processes - is virtually impossible without incorporating the third branch of government, the judiciary, into the accountability process. |