| Timor-Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past Contributor(s): Binchy, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1905536216 ISBN-13: 9781905536214 Publisher: Clarus Press OUR PRICE: $126.72 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 323 |
| Series: Asian Law and Human Rights Series (Trinity College, Dublin) |
| Physical Information: 618 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Timor-Leste has had a troubled history and faces an uncertain future. Having experienced colonization for centuries followed by the Indonesian occupation, with all its abuses of human rights, Timor-Leste emerged as an independent state, based on the rule of law and on respect for human rights. The last few years have shown that no society is simple and that the complex influences of the past continue to shape political, social, and cultural realities. This book examines the contemporary challenges for justice and human rights in the shadow of the past. It approaches the task from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, conscious of the need to integrate insights not only of scholars immersed in human rights, international criminal justice, and customary law, but of others whose backgrounds are in international relations, history, anthropology, demography, sociology, geography, and ecology. |