This book brings together many of the most prominent contemporary national and international human rights and transitional justice scholars in one collection. The book focuses in particular on the intersection between judges, transitional processes and human rights discourses. It brings together doctrinal, socio-legal and criminological perspectives on a range of topics including the judicial construction of national and supra-national constitutions, the role of human rights discourses in transition from conflict, and in a range of sites in more 'settled' societies. The book draws upon comparative experiences in South Africa, Canada, the USA, Britain, Ireland, the Balkans, the Weimar Republic, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and elsewhere. It also situates that analysis within supra-national and indeed subnational frameworks.

John Morison is Professor of Jurisprudence and Head of the School of Law at Queens University Belfast. He has written widely in the fields of public law and legal theory. Kieran McEvoy is Professor of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law Queens University Belfast. He has written widely in the fields of criminology, conflict transformation and transitional justice. Dr Gordon Anthony is a Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law Queens University Belfast. He has published widely in the fields of public law and human rights.