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>âExperts in truth?â: the politics of retribution in Italy and the role of historians1 1.âAn earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference on âHistorical Justice and Historical Truth from the Perspective of the Victimsâ, University of Berne, 28-30 August 2008, organised by Marina Cattaruzza, Lukas Meyer and Regula Ludi. View all notes
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âExperts in truth?â: the politics of retribution in Italy and the role of historians1 1.âAn earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference on âHistorical Justice and Historical Truth from the Perspective of the Victimsâ, University of Berne, 28-30 August 2008, organised by Marina Cattaruzza, Lukas Meyer and Regula Ludi. View all notes
There have been many reflections on the relations between the judge and the historian which have concentrated on the differences between these two figures: but what happens in cases where an historian collaborates openly with a judge as an expert consultant? What happens when an investigative office, or a court, asks an historian to reconstruct an event which is subject to a judicial procedure, or when he or she has to pronounce the âlast wordâ on an event or a document? Or, in another possible scenario, what happens when a community asks an historian to pronounce on what happened in the past, in order to ascertain which, between two contesting memories of the representation of an event, is the one which corresponds to what âreally happenedâ? In these cases historians are sought out to establish the truth-their professional skills as âtruth expertsâ are called upon. And there is an extraordinary faith that the truth will be discovered. The author reflects on these issues, using as a starting point his own personal experiences as a consultant in some recent Italian war-crimes trials.View full textDownload full textKeywordsjudge and historians, trials, war crimes, transitional justiceRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13532944.2010.491957
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