Law and the politics of memory : confronting the past /

Law and the politics of memory : confronting the past / Stiina Löytömäki.

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"Law and the Politics of Memory: Confronting the Past examines law's role as a tool of memory politics in the efforts of contemporary societies to work through the traumas of their past. The book examines how and why law has become so central in processes in which the past is constituted a...

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Main Author: Löytömäki, Stiina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Subjects:
War crimes > France > History > 20th century.
Transitional justice > France.
Crimes against humanity > European Union countries.
World War, 1939-1945 > Law and legislation > France.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > France.
Crimes against humanity.
Legislation.
Transitional justice.
War crimes.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
Algeria > History > Revolution, 1954-1962 > Law and legislation.
Algeria.
European Union countries.
France.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • European Memory : Memory Claims and their Legal "Regulation" in the European Union
  • France and Challenges to French Universalism : Towards Accepting Collective Responsibility for Vichy Crimes
  • Trial About Discourse : Torture During the Algerian
  • Memory Laws and the Politics of Victimhood
  • Conclusion : Why Law?

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