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OverviewTransitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law addresses the importance of judicial accountability in transitional justice processes. Despite a general consensus that the judiciary plays an important role in contemporary governance, accountability for the judicial role in formerly authoritarian societies remains largely elided and under-researched. Hakeem O. Yusuf argues that the purview of transitional justice mechanisms should, as a matter of policy, be extended to scrutiny of the judicial role in the past. Through a critical comparative approach that cuts through the transitioning experiences of post-authoritarian and post-conflict polities in Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa, the book focuses specifically on Nigeria. It demonstrates that public accountability of the judiciary through the mechanism of a truth-seeking process is a necessary component in securing comprehensive accountability for the judicial role in the past. Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law further shows that an across-the-board transformation of state institutions -- an important aspiration of transitional processes -- is virtually impossible without incorporating the third branch of government, the judiciary, into the accountability process. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hakeem O. YusufPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9780415575355ISBN 10: 0415575354 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 28 April 2010 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'In less than 200 pages, the author covers general questions of judicial accountability and the judicialisation of politics (Chapters 1 and 6); applies these questions to transitional contexts (Chapters 3 and 5); analyzes the specifics of judicial accountability in the Nigerian case (Chapters 4 and 7) and advances an analysis about the appropriateness of truth commissions for delivering judicial accountability (Chapter 2). In this respect, the book is a tour de force' - Catherine O'Rourke, University of Ulster, UK for Social & Legal Studies (2013) Author InformationHakeem O. Yusuf is a lecturer in Law at Queen's University, Belfast. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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