Stiina Loytomaki

Law and the Politics of Memory

Confronting the Past

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role of law as a tool of memory politics in the efforts of various contemporary societies to work through the traumas of their past. It explores how law has become so central in processes of constituting the past as a series of injustices that need to be rectified and can allegedly be repaired. Addressing the politics of memory surrounding the Holocaust, communism and colonialism, Law and the Politics of Memory provides a critical exploration of law's role in fulfilling such varied expectations as clarifying truth, rendering homage to memory and reconciling societies in 'belated' transitional justice contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781138999176
• ISBN-10: 1138999172
• Artikelnr.: 43107612

Autorenporträt

Stiina Löytömäki is a post-doctoral researcher at the Eric Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: European Memory: Memory Claims and their Legal 'Regulation' in the European Union
Chapter III: France and Challenges to French Universalism: Towards Accepting Collective Responsibility for Vichy Crimes
Chapter IV: Trial About Discourse: Torture During the Algerian
Chapter V: Memory Laws and the Politics of Victimhood
Chapter VI: Conclusion: Why Law?
Bibliography
Index