Investing in authoritarian rule : punishment and patronage in Rwanda's Gacaca courts for genocide crimes /

This book shows how Rwanda's transitional courts that tried genocide crimes - the gacaca - produced social complicity and cemented authoritarian rule. It is unique for its in-depth investigation of the courts' legal operations: confessions, denunciation, and lay judging, and shows how targ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chakravarty, Anuradha, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Temas:
Front patriotique rwandais.
1994
Gacaca justice system > Rwanda.
Genocide > Rwanda.
Reparation (Criminal justice) > Rwanda.
Transitional justice > Rwanda.
Judges > Rwanda.
Authoritarianism > Rwanda.
Système judiciaire gacaca > Rwanda.
Justice transitionnelle > Rwanda.
Autoritarisme > Rwanda.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Authoritarianism.
Gacaca justice system.
Genocide.
Judges.
Politics and government.
Reparation (Criminal justice)
Transitional justice.
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994.
Rwanda > Politics and government.
Rwanda > Histoire > 1994 (Guerre civile)
Rwanda > Politique et gouvernement.
Rwanda.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A history of clientelism in Rwanda
  • The RPF : an unrivaled patron
  • The mental map : shared expectations of rule
  • The Gacaca Court : deciding innocence and guilt
  • Confessions : surrendering the right to rule
  • Denunciations : local space and local control
  • Judges : political cooptation at the grassroots.

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