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- Title
Resented and Unforgiven.
- Authors
Minkkinen, Panu
- Abstract
Discusses the trend of developing law that incorporates a structural and symbolic element of forgiveness to establish transitional justice after periods of conflict and crimes. Proof that the modern law failed to deliver the objective of social justice; Implication of the ethical and political writings on forgiveness of philosopher Jacques Derrida for reconciliation and transitional justice; Problems and ethical contrasts that are involved in the theoretical understanding of the work of truth commissions.
- Subjects
POLICY sciences; FORGIVENESS; RECONCILIATION; DERRIDA, Jacques, 1930-2004; SOCIAL justice; TRUTH commissions
- Publication
Harvard Unbound, 2006, Vol 2, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1932-3808
- Publication type
Article