Atrocities and international accountability : beyond transitional justice / edited by Edel Hughes, William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Edel Hughes, William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur -- 2. How to come to terms with the past / Peter R. Baehr -- 3. Does power trump morality? Reconciliation or transitional justice? / Rama Mani -- 4. Transitional justice and conflict termination: Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa assessed / Helena Cobban -- 5. All the truth but only some justice? Dilemmas of dealing with the past in new democracies / Jorge Heine -- 6. East Timor's search for justice, reconciliation and dignity / Jeff Kingston -- 7. No substitute for sovereignty: Why international criminal justice has a bleak future - and deserves it / Jeremy Rabkin -- 8. Dancing with the devil: Prosecuting West Africa's warlords - current lessons learned and challenges / David M. Crane -- 9. The development of prosecutorial discretion in international criminal courts / Matthew Brubacher -- 10. Alternatives to prosecution: The case of Rwanda / Gerald Gahima -- 11. Independence and impartiality of the international judiciary: Some lessons learned, and some ignored / William A. Schabas -- 12. Impartiality deficit and international criminal judging / Diane Marie Amann -- 13. The effect of amnesties before domestic and international tribunals: Morality, law and politics / Leila Nadya Sadat -- 14. Trading justice for peace: The contemporary law and policy debate / Michael P. Scharf -- 15. Concluding remarks: The questions that still remain / William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur.

"This volume considers whether we are truly going beyond the 'transitional justice' debate. It brings together eminent scholars and practitioners with direct experience of some of the most challenging contemporary cases of international justice, and illustrates that justice and accountability remain complex ideals."--BOOK JACKET.