02348 a2200349 4500 1317974751 20250317100404.0 250312042014GB 11 eng 9781317974758 Taylor & Francis GBP 49.99 BB 01 eng LBBZ thema GTU thema LNT thema JPWS thema LBBZ bic GTJ bic LNT bic JPWS bic LAW000000 bisac LAW051000 bisac POL034000 bisac POL035000 bisac 341.690268 bisac Janine Clark International Trials and Reconciliation Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 1 Oxford Routledge 20140620 265 p Transitional justice is a burgeoning field of scholarly inquiry. Yet while the transitional justice literature is replete with claims about the benefits of criminal trials, too often these claims lack an empirical basis and hence remain unproven. While there has been much discussion about whether criminal trials can aid reconciliation, the extent to which they actually do so in practice remains under-explored. This book investigates the relationship between criminal trials and reconciliation, through a particular focus on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Using detailed empirical data – in the form of qualitative interviews and observations from five years of fieldwork – to assess and analyze the ICTY’s impact on reconciliation in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia and Kosovo, International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia argues that reconciliation is not a realistic aim for a criminal court. They are, Janine Clark argues, only one part of a rich tapestry of justice, which must also include non-retributive transitional justice processes and mechanisms. Challenging many of the common yet untested assumptions about the benefits of criminal trials, this innovative and extremely timely monograph will be invaluable for those with interests in the theory and practice of transitional justice. 1554 1554