Table of Contents

Introduction François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain; 1. Reconciliation as surrender: configurations of responsibility and memory Emilios Christodoulidis and Scott Veitch; 2. Radical forgiveness: transforming traumatic memory beyond Hannah Arendt Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela; 3. Communicating criminal and political responsibility in the TRC process Antje du Bois-Pedain; 4. The contribution of criminal justice Volker Nerlich; 5. Reparation and the forms of justice François du Bois; 6. Land restitution and reconciliation in South Africa Theunis Roux; 7. For justice and reconciliation to come: big business, the TRC and the demand for material reparation in South Africa Jaco Barnard-Naudé; 8. Transition, forgiveness and citizenship: the TRC and the social construction of forgiveness Stéphane Leman-Langlois and Clifford Shearing; 9. The evolving legitimacy of the South African constitutional court James L. Gibson; 10. Justice and the art of reconciliation Carrol Clarkson; 11. Post-conflict justice and the reconciliatory paradigm: the South African experience François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain.

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An assessment of the transitional processes aimed at creating a stable and just society in South Africa.

About the Author

François du Bois is an associate professor and reader in private law at the University of Nottingham. Antje du Bois-Pedain is a lecturer in law at the University of Cambridge.