Publication
University of Pennsylvania Press (2021), 384 pages
ISBN
081222504X / 9780812225044
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CONTENTS
Introduction
PART I. ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY
1. Reparations for Slavery: A Productive Strategy?
2. Slavery, Universities, and Reparations
3. “Free Citizens of This Nation”: Cherokee Slavery, Descendants of Freedpeople, and Possibilities for Repair
4. The Jamaican Case for Reparations Against the British Government for Slavery and Colonization
5. The University and Slavery: Reflections upon the History and Future of the University of the West Indies
6. French Justice and the Claims for Reparations by Slave Descendants in Guadeloupe
PART II. REPARATIONS: PRECEDENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED
7. History on Trial: Mau Mau Reparations and the High Court of Justice
8. A Critical Assessment of Colombia’s Reparations Policies in the Context of the Peace Process
9. Justice Beyond the Final Verdict: The Role of Court-Ordered Reparations in the Struggle for Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in Guatemala
10. Colonial History at Court: Legal Decisions and Their Social Dilemmas
PART III. OUTSTANDING ISSUES: UNREPAIRED STATE-SPONSORED COLLECTIVE INJUSTICE
11. Unhealed Wounds of World War I: Armenia, Kurdistan, and Palestine
12. Nakba Denial: Israeli Resistance to Palestinian Refugee Reparations
13. Repairing Colonial Symmetry: Algerian Archive Restitution As Reparation for Crimes of Colonialism?
14. The Romani Genocide During the Holocaust: Resistance and Restitution
PART IV. WAYS FORWARD FOR REPARATIONS
15. The Roma Case for Reparations
16. What Justice for Starvation Crimes?
17. Stopping the Crimes While Repairing the Victims: Personal Reflections of a Global Prosecutor
Postscript
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Introduction
PART I. ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY
1. Reparations for Slavery: A Productive Strategy?
2. Slavery, Universities, and Reparations
3. “Free Citizens of This Nation”: Cherokee Slavery, Descendants of Freedpeople, and Possibilities for Repair
4. The Jamaican Case for Reparations Against the British Government for Slavery and Colonization
5. The University and Slavery: Reflections upon the History and Future of the University of the West Indies
6. French Justice and the Claims for Reparations by Slave Descendants in Guadeloupe
PART II. REPARATIONS: PRECEDENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED
7. History on Trial: Mau Mau Reparations and the High Court of Justice
8. A Critical Assessment of Colombia’s Reparations Policies in the Context of the Peace Process
9. Justice Beyond the Final Verdict: The Role of Court-Ordered Reparations in the Struggle for Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in Guatemala
10. Colonial History at Court: Legal Decisions and Their Social Dilemmas
PART III. OUTSTANDING ISSUES: UNREPAIRED STATE-SPONSORED COLLECTIVE INJUSTICE
11. Unhealed Wounds of World War I: Armenia, Kurdistan, and Palestine
12. Nakba Denial: Israeli Resistance to Palestinian Refugee Reparations
13. Repairing Colonial Symmetry: Algerian Archive Restitution As Reparation for Crimes of Colonialism?
14. The Romani Genocide During the Holocaust: Resistance and Restitution
PART IV. WAYS FORWARD FOR REPARATIONS
15. The Roma Case for Reparations
16. What Justice for Starvation Crimes?
17. Stopping the Crimes While Repairing the Victims: Personal Reflections of a Global Prosecutor
Postscript
Notes
List of Contributors
Index