Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union

Reviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future

Cynthia M. Horne, Lavinia Stan

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781107198135
• eBook ISBN: 9781108195829
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Criminal Law
• Index: Law

In the twenty-five years since the Soviet Union was dismantled, the countries of the former Soviet Union have faced different circumstances and responded differently to the need to redress and acknowledge the communist past and the suffering of their people. While some have adopted transitional justice and accountability measures, others have chosen to reject them; these choices have directly affected state building and societal reconciliation efforts. This is the most comprehensive account to date of post-Soviet efforts to address, distort, ignore, or recast the past through the use, manipulation, and obstruction of transitional justice measures and memory politics initiatives. Editors Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan have gathered contributions by top scholars in the field, allowing the disparate post-communist studies and transitional justice scholarly communities to come together and reflect on the past and its implications for the future of the region.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Interviews
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. The Long Shadow of the Past
• Part II. Transitional Justice Programs, Practices, and Legislation
• Part III. Layered Pasts and the Politics of Denial
• Conclusion: The Uses, Lessons, and Questions of Transitional Justice
• Bibliography
• Index