Law and collective memory

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 189-211

  Savelsberg, Joachim J ^a   King, Ryan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrocities; Cultural trauma; Human rights; International law; Transitional justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149049380     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.3.081806.112757     Document Type: Review

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