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Looking back, reaching forward : reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
- Title
- Looking back, reaching forward : reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa / [edited by] Charles Villa-Vicencio and Wilhelm Verwoerd.
- Publication
- Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press ; London : Zed Books, 2000.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xxi, 322 p.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- The struggle for human rights / Dumisa Ntsebeza -- The historical context, legal origins, and philosophical foundation of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Johnny de Lange -- Same species, different animal : how South Africa compares to truth commissions worldwide / Priscilla Hayner -- Justice without punishment : guaranteeing human rights in transitional societies / Paul van Zyl -- The moral justification of truth commissions / Rajeev Bhargava -- Restorative justice / Charles Villa-Vicencio -- Making moral judgments / Mary Burton -- When the assassin cries foul : the modern Just War doctrine / Kader Asmal, Louise Asmal and Ronald Suresh Roberts -- The law and struggle / Hugh Corder -- Combating myth and building reality / Colleen Scott -- Truth and reconciliation as performance : spectres of eucharistic redemption / Ebrahim Moosa -- The baruti versus the lawyers : the role of religion in the TRC process / Piet Meiring -- Historical truth : something to fight for / Janet Cherry -- Truth as a trigger for transformation / Willie Esterhuyse -- Towards the recognition of our past injustices / Wilhelm Verwoerd -- Where healing begins / Yazir Henry -- Justice and amnesty / Ronald Slye -- Amnesty : the burden of victims / Richard Lyster -- Amnesty and denial / Nkosinathi Biko -- Getting on with life / Charles Villa-Vicencio -- Reconciliation : a call to action / Mxolisi Mgxashe -- What makes a perpetrator? / Don Foster -- A personal encounter with perpetrators / Ginn Fourie -- Reparation delayed is healing retarded / Wendy Orr -- Insufficient healing and reparation / Nomfundo Walaza -- An opportunity for peace / Njongonkulu Ndungane -- Dealing with systematic economic injustice / Sampie Terreblanche -- National reconciliation : holy grail or secular pact? / Jakes Gerwel.
- Call Number
- Sc D 00-1951
- ISBN
- 1919713492
- 1856498204 (Zed pbk)
- 1856498190 (Zed cased)
- OCLC
- 44439511
- Title
- Looking back, reaching forward : reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa / [edited by] Charles Villa-Vicencio and Wilhelm Verwoerd.
- Imprint
- Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press ; London : Zed Books, 2000.
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- Added Author
- Villa-Vicencio, Charles.Verwoerd, Wilhelm, 1964-
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 00-1951