Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- PART I. HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLEGAL CONTEXT -- Chapter 1. The Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia: Were People Coerced? -- Chapter 2. Justice After Transition: Retributive, Revelatory, Reparatory, and Reconciliator…
Did justice measures rectify the legacy of human rights abuses committed during the communist era in the Czech Republic? Roman David weighs this question carefully to promote a transformative theory of justice that demonstrates that justice measures, in order to be successful, r…
Did justice measures rectify the legacy of human rights abuses committed during the communist era in the Czech Republic? Roman David weighs this question carefully to promote a transformative theory of justice that demonstrates that justice measures, in order to be successful, r…
How do transitional democracies deal with officials who have been tainted by complicity with prior governments? Should they be excluded or should they be incorporated into the new system? In Lustration and Transitional Justice, Roman David examines major institutional innovation…
Roman David analyzes major institutional innovations devised in Central Europe to deal with officials tainted by their complicity with prior regimes. He examines the historical origins, social meanings, and political effects of personnel systems based on dismissal, exposure, and…