Criminalizing History: Legal Restrictions on Statements and Interpretations of the Past in Germany, Poland, Rwanda, Turkey and Ukraine (Studies in Political Transition, Band 14) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 3631809573 ISBN 13: 9783631809570

Verlag: Peter Lang, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Why do states ban certain statements and interpretations of the past, how do they ban them and what are the practical consequences? This book offers an answer to these questions and at the same time examines, whether the respective legislation was supply-or demand-driven and how prosecutors and courts applied it. The comparison between Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Rwanda and Turkey offers several surprising insights: in most countries, memory law legislation is supply driven and imposed on a reluctant society, in some countries they target apolitical hooligans more than intellectuals or the government’s political opponents. The book also discusses, why and how liberal democracies differ from hybrid regimes in their approach to punitive memory laws and how such laws can be tailored to avoid constraints on free speech, the freedom of the press and academic freedoms.

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Klaus Bachmann is professor of social sciences at SWPS University of Social Sci -ences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. His research concentrates on Inter-national Criminal Justice, Modern European History and European Integration. Christian Garuka is Lawyer and defence counsellor in Kigali, Rwanda.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3631809573
• ISBN 13: 9783631809570
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 182
• Herausgeber: Bachmann
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Deutschland