Title: Communists and their victims : the quest for justice in the Czech Republic /
Authors: David, Roman
Year: 2018
Subjects: Transitional justice Czech Republic.; Justice, Administration of Political aspects Czech Republic.; Post-communism Czech Republic; Justice, Administration of Political aspects; Post-communism; Transitional justice; Czech Republic
Abstract: 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, require a degree of reconciliation.
Contents: Part I. Historical and sociolegal context -- The Communist regime in Czechoslovakia: were people coerced? -- Justice after transition: retributive, revelatory, reparatory, and reconciliatory measures -- Part II. Justice at the poles of society -- Did justice measures heal victims? Compensation, truth, and reconciliation in the lives of political prisoners -- Did justice measures transform Communists? Personal and intergenerational transformtaion -- Part III. Justice in a polarized society -- Could justice measures transform the divided society? Experimental evidence about justice and reconciliation -- Did justice measures transform the divided society? Class and ideological divides -- Conclusion: from observations to the transformative theory of justice.