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Volume 39, Number 1, February 2017Table of Contents

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View Is Grassroots Justice a Viable Alternative to Impunity?: The Case of the Iran People’s Tribunal
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View Conservative at Birth: The Creation and Paradoxes of United States Human Rights Policy During World War II
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View Deterring Torture: The Preventive Power of Criminal Law and its Promise for Inhibiting State Abuses
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View Five Ideas to Fight For: How Our Freedom is Under Threat and Why It Matters by Anthony Lester (review)
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View The Seductions of Quantification: Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking by Sally Engle Merry (review)
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View East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” by Philippe Sands (review)
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View United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics by Zachary D. Kaufman (review)
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View Sexual Violence During War and Peace: Gender, Power, and Post Conflict Justice: Gender, Power, and Post-Conflict Justice in Peru by Jelke Boesten (review)
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ISSN | 1085-794X |
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Print ISSN | 0275-0392 |
Launched on MUSE | 2017-02-08 |
Open Access | No |
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