Transitional Justice from Below

Kieran McEvoy (LLB, MSc, PhD) is a Professor of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law, Queens University Belfast. Lorna McGregor is an International Legal Adviser at REDRESS and previously worked as an ICC Programme Lawyer at the International Bar Association.

• 1. Transitional Justice From Below: An Agenda for Research, Policy and Praxis Kieran McEvoy and Lorna McGregor 2. Letting Go of Legalism: Developing a 'Thicker' Version of Transitional Justice Kieran McEvoy 3. International Law as a 'Tiered Process': Transitional Justice at the Local, National and International Level Lorna McGregor 4. Constitution-making, Transition and the Reconstitution of Society Kirsten McConnachie and John Morison 5. The Role of Community in Participatory Transitional Justice Patricia Lundy and Mark McGovern 6. The Lost Agenda: Economic Crimes and Truth Commissions in Latin America and Beyond James L Cavallaro and Sebastian Albuja 7. Social Repair at the Local Level: The Case of Guatemala Laura Arriaza and Naomi Roht-Arriaza 8. The Political Economy of Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste Elizabeth Stanley 9. Challenging Impunity from Below: The Contested Ownership of Transitional Justice in Colombia Catalina Diaz 10. Burden or Benefit? Paradoxes of Penal Transition in Russia Laura Piancentini

A collection of valuable observations Padraig McAuliffe Human Rights Law Review December 23rd, 2009 The collection is both timely and refreshing...it leaves aside well-worn debates about truth, impunity, the rule of law, and restorative justice to tackle transitional justice from novel or under-explored perspectives within criminology, political economy, international development, and sociolegal studies. Rosemary Nagy Law and Society Review 2009 This volume makes a unique contribution to the literature on transitional justice. The authors help us to develop a complex understanding of transitional justice that includes but does not exclusively rely on the interests of grassroots movements. This book will work well for experts or an advanced seminar on transitional justice. Lena Zhong International Criminal Justice Review 20 (2)