Historical memory and criminal justice in Spain : a case of late transitional justice The Spanish transition from the Franco regime to democracy has not been a very popular subject amongst researchers examining transitional justice at the international level. However Spain presents certain peculiarities that make it an interesting case in which to explore comparative law and sociology. It has sometimes been seen as a model of peaceful transition but has also been labelled as an example of an amnesic transition to a democratic system in which victims rights justice and truth were forgotten. In contrast to other transitions demands of justice were not expressed during what was the purely transitional period but they have been on the increase since then. That is why in this case we can speak of post transitional justice or more properly of late transitional justice . This book analyses above all the laws policies and judicial decisions adopted in Spain that were related to the construction of the past and could therefore be understood as measures of transitional justice