Legal institutions and collective memories

TitleLegal institutions and collective memories
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsSusanne Karstedt
Book TitleOñati international series in law and society
PublisherHart Pub.
CityPortland, Or
ISBN Number1-84113-326-4
Call NumberK2100 .L44 2009
Notes

'Table of Contents: Paying for past injustices and creating new ones : on property rights restitution in Poland as an element of the unfinished transformation / Grażyna na Skąpska -- Biographies, legal cases and political transitions / Carol A. Heimer and Arthur L. Stinchcombe -- Biographies and résumés as part of life under communist rule in the Czech Republic / Jiŕina Šiklová -- The \"Stasi records,\" the public and collective memories : the inspection of personal records / Roger Engelmann -- The art of forgetting : the communist police state as a non-reality / Andrzej Zybertowicz -- The loss of early women lawyers from collective memory in Germany : a memoir of Magdalene Schoch / Konstanze Plett -- Putting the Nazi past behind : juvenile justice and Germany\'s changing political culture / Ruth G. Herz.'
'Table of Contents: Unspeakable memories and commensurable laws / Stanley Cohen -- An emerging \"right to truth\" : Latin-American contributions / Juan E. Mendez -- Reflections on law and memory / Emilios Christodoulidis and Scott Veitch -- Divided memories : how emerging democracies deal with the crimes of previous regimes / Heribert Adam -- Common past, divided truth : the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South African public opinion / Gunnar Theissen -- From silence to testimony : the role of legal institutions in the restoration of the collective memories of Korean \"comfort women\" / Young-Hee Shim -- Negotiating the past : culture industry and the law / Heinz Steinert -- Australia\'s sorry judges : nationalism and collective memory / Kathy Laster -- Experienced authenticity of culture and legal liberties / Arthur L. Stinchcombe -- Constitutional interpretation after regimes of horror / Kim Lane Scheppele.'
'bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.'