Scales of memory : constitutional justice and historical evil / Justin Collings.
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- 9780191890963 (ebook) :
- 342.029 23
- K3161
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This monograph explores how the constitutional courts in the United States, Germany, and South Africa have invoked slavery, Nazism, and apartheid - three historical evils - as an aid in constitutional interpretation. It examines how the memory of evil pasts moulds constitutional meaning in the contested present.
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