A Country Unmasked
by Alex Boraine
Oxford University Press, 466 pages
An Afrikaner who was the head of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and an opponent of apartheid provides insight into the dilemmas faced by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice
by Geoffrey Robertson and with an introduction by Kenneth Roth
New Press, 554 pages
Committed to accountability, Robertson, a prominent British barrister, applies critical scrutiny to tribunals and truth commissions to point out flaws in several cases. He also addresses the use of armed force, most recently in Kosovo.

For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator
by Richard J. Goldstone and with a foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor
Yale University Press, 152 pages
A first-person account of the remarkable career of a commercial litigator in South Africa who became a judge of the country��s post-apartheid Constitutional Court, the head of South Africa's Goldstone Commission on preventing public violence and intimidation, and chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Kosovo Report: Conflict, International Response, Lessons Learned
Report from the Independent International Commission on Kosovo and with an address by Nelson Mandela
Oxford University Press, 372 pages
From a commission established with the support of the government of Sweden and co-chaired by Richard Goldstone and Carl Tham, the report addresses whether NATO's military intervention can be both illegal and legitimate.

Realizing Human Rights: Moving From Inspiration to Impact.
edited by Samantha Power and Graham Allison
St. Martin's Press
A host of international luminaries, including Richard Goldstone, Mary Robinson, Morton Halperin and Jimmy Carter among others contribute to this perspective on human rights advocacy in the five decades since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Besides looking back, these human rights activists assess the challenges of the future.

Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals
by Gary Jonathan Bass
Princeton University Press, 402 pages
A Princeton political scientist presents previous war crimes trials that have been largely or completely forgotten.

Transitional Justice
By Ruti G. Teitel
Oxford University Press, 304 pages
The author, addressing the concept of "Rule of Law" in situations of radical political change, offers instead the concept of "transitional jurisprudence," as more appropriate to the needs of political systems in transitional upheaval.

Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity
by Priscilla B. Hayner and with a preface by Timothy Garton Ash
Routledge, 340 pages
In an insightful guide to the work of more than 20 truth commissions over the past 10 years, the author offers explanations for the success or failure of various projects, including the failed 1995 commission set up in Haiti after Jean Bertrand Aristide was restored to office in 1994.