Transparency is a fundamental principle of justice. A cornerstone of the rule of law, it allows for public engagement and for democratic control of the decisions and actions of both the judiciary and the justice authorities. This book looks at the question of transparency within the framework of transitional justice. Bringing together scholars from across the disciplinary spectrum, the collection analyses the issue from socio-legal, cultural studies and practitioner perspectives. Taking a three-part approach, it firstly discusses basic principles guiding justice globally before exploring courts and how they make justice visible. Finally, the collection reviews the interface between law, transitional justice institutions and the public sphere.

1. Introduction: The Rational and the Emotional: Issues of Transparency and Legitimacy in Transitional Justice Chrisje Brants and Susanne Karstedt Part I: Transitional Justice and its Public Spheres: Principles of Justice2. Justice as the Art of Muddling through: The Importance of Nyaya in the Aftermath of International Crimes Antony Pemberton and Rianne Letschert3. Emotional Discourse in a Rational Public Sphere: The Victim and the International Criminal Trial Chrisje Brants4. Credible Justice and Incredible CrimesSusanne Karstedt5. Globalisation, Crime and Governance: Transparency, Accountability and Participation as Principles for Global Criminal Law Paul De Hert Part II: Justice Seen to Be Done: Courts and the Public6. International Judicial Institutions: (Re)Defining 'Public' Proceedings? Olga Kavran7. The Contestation of Complementarity in Uganda: The Case of Thomas Kwoyelo Lauren Gould8. Discursive Proceedings and the Transitional Trial: A View from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Cheryl White9. Unmet Expectations and the Legitimacy of Transitional Justice Institutions: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaRay Nickson Part III: Beyond the Courts: Creating Public Spheres of Testimony10. Witness Testimony and the Incommensurability of Truth in ArgentinaAntonius CGM Robben11. Faces of Truth: Journalism, Justice and War Kees Brants and Chrisje Brants12. Memory Laws: Regulating Memory and the Policing of Acknowledgement and Denial Marloes van Noorloos13. Challenges to the Movement to Exhume the Missing Victims of the Spanish Civil War and Francoist Dictatorship Natalia Maystorovich Chulio14. Portraits of the Dead and the Living: Bosnia and Rwanda 20 Years on Olivera Simic