Transitional Justice in the United States of America: Justice for All?

This book employs a transitional justice lens in order to explore justice initiatives in the United States of America.

Transitional justice developed out of societal demands to better address serious abuse, injustice, and atrocities – initially in South American post-authoritarian contexts transitioning to democratic states and later elsewhere, but especially within post-conflict contexts. The lens of transitional justice has only rarely been extended to the United States and never in a comp...