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Law in Political Transitions: Lessons from East Asia and the Road Ahead for China

Author: Jerome A. Cohen

China's legal system is developing, but meaningful reform of its authoritarian political system has not yet taken place. What role are law and legal institutions likely to play in China's political reform process? This hearing assessed the state of China's rule of law development and examined the role of legal institutions in political transitions in Taiwan and South Korea to see whether these experiences suggest a path ahead for China.

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The Key to My Neighbor's House

Author: Elizabeth Neuffer

Examining competing notions of justice in Bosnia and Rwanda, award-winning Boston Globe correspondent Elizabeth Neuffer convinces readers that crimes against humanity cannot be resolved by talk of forgiveness, or through the more common recourse to forgetfulness.

See more in Rwanda, Bosnia/Herzegovina, International Law