Title

Restorative Justice, Slavery and the American Soul, A Policy-Oriented Approach to the Question of Slavery Reparations by the United States

Abstract

This LL.M. Intercultural Human Rights thesis (May, 2005), awarded the best student paper prize for 2005 by the Institute of Policy Sciences at Yale University (in October, 2005), after analysing past and curent issues regarding the culture wars controversy of "reparations", proposes a specific process for establishing Truth and Reconciliation regarding the legacy of slavery in the United States. The proposal recommends commissions in each Federal judicial district under the supervision of a U.S. Slavery Justice and Reconciliation Commission (USSJRC), calling for "America's 21st Century Contract with Africa and African-Americans".

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Human Rights Law | International Law | Jurisprudence | Law and Politics | Law and Society | Legal History | Legal Remedies | Legislation | Public Law and Legal Theory | Religion Law | Torts

Date of this Version

November 2005