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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Retributive justice"”.
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The Retributive Justice of God
… of God will necessarily express itself in retributive justice so that God will impartially and equitably judge and punish sin. Chapter 1 introduces briefly the subject of God's retributive justice by presenting the current theological climate in which the topic exists. Numerous opponents of …
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The roots of Jehu’s bloody coup : a violent story of religious Zealots, retributive justice or international politics?
… roots which served as a basis for Jehu’s coup as retributive justice for Naboth. It is, therefore, the aim of this paper to investigate all the possible roots of Jehu’s coup adopting a holistic approach in explicating all contributing factors and to interrogate the extreme use of violence. …
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A description of Gacaca courts : do they constitute a categroy of retributive or restorative justice?
This dissertation examined restorative and retributive justice systems in order to clarify and uncover the real nature of Gacaca courts which is a mixture of both with more elements of the retributive system. The dissertation also traces the origin of Gacaca courts through a historical background …
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Ukraine’s Quest for Justice: Accountability for Atrocities Committed in the Russia-Ukraine War
… from past experiences in transitional and retributive justice.</p>
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Legal system support of crime survivors and attitudes on justice
… literature supports the efficacy of restorative justice programs that started in response to retributive justice and its inability to directly address survivor harm. Thus, the current study examined how crime survivors perceive legal system support and attitudes towards restorative justice, with …
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Baptizing the nation with tears : political forgiveness in South Africa
… truth-telling, apology, amnesty, restorative and retributive justice, transitional democracy, post-traumatic disorders, and reparations for injustice, a Drama of Political Forgiveness in Five Acts is offered as a model for a national forgiveness process. Particular attention is given to the …
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The law and economics of bargaining: an examination of the bargaining model employed by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Transitional justice methodology has emerged as an alternative to traditional retributive justice schemes when political transitions necessitate an accounting for human rights violations during prior regimes. As regimes move from illiberal to liberal, post-transition justice methodology has …
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Saskatchewan Police Officers’ Perceptions of Justice Paradigms: Their Impact on Discretionary Decision-Making with Youth
… (EJS) provide an example of how restorative justice has become a component of the criminal justice system through legislation such as the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). This thesis investigates Saskatchewan police officers’ perceptions of various justice paradigms – restorative, …
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Just Deserts: Losing Origen and Gaining Retributive Judgment in the Hagiographical Literature of the Early Byzantine World
… hagiographers crafted a saint that was more retributive than the earlier martyrologies and histories. The ascetic took on a role that was more akin to God's agent than suffering stranger. The deserts of Syria, Palestine and Egypt become the territory of struggle against a world that had …
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The criminal disparity between African American and Caucasian males: Police use of excessive and deadly force in the United States, 1991 - 2014
… throughout the United States and its criminal justice systems. America's criminal system past and present, openly displays an enormous amount of inequality and injustice against African American males, females and other minorities. Are law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system …
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Face to Face: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Victim-Offender Mediation
Restorative justice (RJ) practices have become increasingly accepted as viable alternatives to the retributive justice system in Canada and the world as a whole. RJ has been appropriated from Indigenous knowledge, which is important to recognize. One example of RJ in our present colonial system is …
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Ashes scattered in the wind: The Romanies as Marginalised Victims of Racial Persecution, Genocide and the Holocaust
… to answer the question: Did the transitional justice process in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the aftermath of the Third Reich, fail Romanies as victims of racial persecution, genocide and the Holocaust? It provides an overview of the suffering experienced by the Romanies at the hands of …
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ECOWAS court’s jurisdiction and the argument of sovereignty: an evaluation of an impeachment Debacle in Liberia
… for a just and orderly society is the essence of retributive justice in domestic courts. Globalisation has left an immense mark on the development of both domestic and international laws. Rule of Law was largely associated with justice from the domestic perspective. Beyond the nation state, the …
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Memory struggles: Narrating and commemorating the Aum Affair in contemporary Japan, 1994-2015
… members have pursued divergent goals such as retributive justice, financial reparations, and social reconciliation through their public actions. A key conclusion of this dissertation is that whilst confronting horrific acts of violence may require social construction of collective trauma using …
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Transforming destructive ethnic violence: an exploration of the role of forgiveness in political reconciliation in Burundi
… of violence cannot be undone, punitive or retributive justice cannot restore survivors' lives to normal. Besides, victims of violence, particularly protracted ethnic violence, are hardly just victims. Many of them are often also guilty in one way or another of the same violence they have …
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Mediation and the Criminal Justice System: a growing need for a viable alternative to court litigation
An effective and efficient criminal justice system underpins the functioning of a country. The criminal justice system is premised on retributive justice and ensuring that offenders are punished. The primary method of dispute resolution in the South African criminal justice system is litigation. …
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Ezekiel 5:5-17 and Theodicy: a Theological Investigation of the Character of God
… basis, the function, and the nature of YHWH's retributive judgment on the people of Israel in Ezek 5:5-17 within its context. Chapter 6 investigates theodicy in Ezek 5:5-17 within its context. This chapter elucidates the implications that YHWH's retributive justice has on his character. Chapter …
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Beyond dichotomies. The quest for justice and reconciliation and the politics of national identity building in post-genocide Rwanda.
Justice and reconciliation are both highly complex concepts that are often described as incompatible alternatives in the aftermath of violent conflicts, despite the fact that both are fundamental to peacebuilding in societies divided by the legacies of political violence, oppression and exclusion. …
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Beyond dichotomies. The quest for justice and reconciliation and the politics of national identity building in post-genocide Rwanda.
Justice and reconciliation are both highly complex concepts that are often described as incompatible alternatives in the aftermath of violent conflicts, despite the fact that both are fundamental to peacebuilding in societies divided by the legacies of political violence, oppression and exclusion. …
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The Implementation of Restorative Justice in Iceland: A Comparison of Police- and Expert-Led Conferencing
<p>On first of October 2006 the Ministry of Justice in Iceland launch a restorative justice pilot project. Building on the pilot project data, this thesis evaluates the implementation of restorative justice into the criminal justice system in Iceland by asking victims, offenders and other …
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