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Book Review: Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions.

Strong, Gregory
June 4, 2015

Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online July 2002 Edition

For societies emerging from an oppressive and a violent past to a more democratic political order, it has become relatively common to deal with traumatic conditions and wrongs of that past through some form of truth commission. Various frameworks xe2x80x93 consisting of philosophical, moral, cultural, and political perspectives xe2x80x93 may differently shape the processes and purposes of particular commissions.

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