Punishment and Patronage in Rwanda's Gacaca Courts for Genocide Crimes
by
Anuradha Chakravarty
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
This book shows how Rwanda's transitional courts that tried genocide crimes - the gacaca - produced social complicity and cemented authoritarian rule. It is unique for its in-depth investigation of the courts' legal operations: confessions, denunciation, and lay judging, and shows how targeted incentives...