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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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2016
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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