The Praxis of Justice

Liber Amicorum Ivo Aertsen

Brunilda Pali, Katrien Lauwaert, S. Pleysier

• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9789460940002
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

The Praxis of Justice brings together original contributions on restorative justice centering on the work of Ivo Aertsen, Emeritus Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Law, KU Leuven. The work of Ivo Aertsen has impacted not only his country, Belgium, but the whole world. In recognition of a worthy life, his friends and colleagues of different generations and from all around the world have created this Liber Amicorum, as a living testament to friendship and accomplishment. The contributions in the book are both diverse and complementary as colours and motives of a tapestry, ranging from fully fledged scholarly reflections to personal anecdotes, memories and letters. The book will be especially interesting for anyone interested in restorative justice in general, and in the work of Ivo Aertsen in particular.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Part I Foundations, expanded
• The national, the local and the international: the persuasive levels for restorative justice and victims services
• Revisioning restorative justice: critique, accusation and hospitality
• Motivational interviewing and restorative justice praxis
• Radical pragmatism: the promise of restorative justice for institutions and cities
• How do we 'walk the talk'? Some reflections on restorative justice's (perhaps not so?) hidden values
• Restorative justice and the challenge of Aristotelian anger
• Does restorative justice have a future?
• Victimology as a phronetic social science
• Part II Praxis, Belgium, up close
• On the border regions between research, experience, belief and commitment – Reflections on a search for restorative justice
• The restorative pyramid: a framework for change towards a restorative prison
• Restorative justice and its adjacent fields: complementary or competing?
• Ivo Aertsen: a multifaceted academic
• The praxis of mediation or how 'stories' need theory to be credible
• The praxis of justice: one practitioner's perspective
• The mystic life of a mediator: mediators as reflexive practitioners
• To Ivo
• Part III European journeys
• The praxis of Ivo Aertsen
• My long restorative journey with Ivo Aertsen
• Enhancing the role of the judiciary in restorative justice: challenges for Poland
• Justice, security and victims: linking theory and practice
• A conversation about Ivo Aertsen
• Ivo Aertsen and the growth and development of restorative justice
• Restorative justice: university education, theoretical and practical training for operators, raising community awareness
• Part IV Global challenges
• Restorative justice and access to justice: in search of new perspectives for criminal justice in Brazil
• Populism, reconciliation and crime victims: the case of China
• Challenges facing the development of restorative justice in Hong Kong
• Restorative justice with corporations: the idea and the practicality
• Betrayal of spiritual trust in victims of sexual abuse in the Spanish Catholic Church: some heuristics for victimological praxis
• Two women's journeys: restorative justice after sexual violence
• About the Editors
• About the Authors