Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law Paperback / softback
by Hakeem O. Yusuf
Part of the Transitional Justice series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/04/2013
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- ISBN:9780415601511
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Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/04/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415601511