Restorative justice as postmodern justice: exegesis and critique

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dc.contributor.authorKoen, Raymond
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-25T08:18:57Z
dc.date.available2017-01-25T08:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis essay explores the relationship between postmodernism and RJ. Postmodernism quickly outgrew its non-legal origins and has extended its reach to incorporate matters legal. Already, it has established a significant presence in the law, as increasing numbers of legal theorists have adopted or included a postmodern perspective in their analytical endeavours. The particular concern of the essay is with the impact of postmodernism upon the field of criminal justice. In this connection, it is submitted that RJ is the exemplification of the postmodern attitude in criminal justice. This submission is grounded in an investigation of the interrelations between postmodernism and RJ in six spheres, namely, the state, history, alterity, power, subjectivity and consumerism. This investigation shows that in each sphere there is a discernible and compelling postmodern flavour to the RJ tenet in question. In consequence, it is posited that the intersection between postmodernism and RJ is significant enough to justify the proposition that if there is a postmodern criminal justice it is RJ. In other words, RJ is postmodern justice. However, the relationship between postmodernism and RJ is steeped in contradiction. The latter part of the essay seeks to probe this contradiction, via an exposition and critique of the political economies of postmodernism and RJ, with a view to comprehending its implications for the future of RJ.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKoen, R. (2016). Restorative justice as postmodern justice: exegesis and critique. In Martin, B. and Koen, R. (ed.). Law and justice at the dawn of the 21st century: Essays in honour of Lovell Derek Fernandez. Bellville: University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-86808-758-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2490
dc.language.isoenen_US
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dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rightsUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectLawen_US
dc.subjectLegislationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectLegal practiceen_US
dc.subjectRestorative justiceen_US
dc.subjectBankingen_US
dc.subjectCorruptionen_US
dc.subjectAbortionen_US
dc.subjectCorporate lawen_US
dc.subjectLife imprisonmenten_US
dc.subjectInternational Criminal Courten_US
dc.titleRestorative justice as postmodern justice: exegesis and critiqueen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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