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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2025

Cyanne E. Loyle
Cyanne E. Loyle
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Pennsylvania State University

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Escaping Justice
Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability
 , pp. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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Contents

  1. List of Figure and Tables

  2. Preface

  3. Acknowledgments

  4. Introduction

    1. The Puzzle of State Impunity in the Age of Accountability

    2. Existing Explanations for State Impunity

    3. Responding to the Risk of Norm Compliance

    4. Implications for Scholarship

    5. Plan for the Book

  5. 1Escaping Justice in the Age of Accountability

    1. A Cascade of Justice and Injustice

    2. The Domestic Risks of Accountability

    3. Adapting Transitional Justice

    4. Impunity through Strategic Adaptation

    5. Research Design and Methods

    6. Research Ethics in the Study of Transitional Justice

    7. Conclusion

  6. 2Justice and Coercion in Rwanda

    1. A Brief History of the Genocide in Rwanda

    2. The Threat of Accountability for the RPF

    3. Strategic Adaptation under RPF Control

    4. Escaping Justice through Coercion: The Gacaca Courts

    5. Alternative Explanations

    6. Transitional Justice and Coercion in Burundi

    7. Conclusion

  7. 3The Big Tent of Justice in Uganda

    1. Four Decades of War in Uganda

    2. The Threat of Accountability for the NRM

    3. Strategic Adaptation under the NRM

    4. Escaping Justice through Containment: Justice under the Tent

    5. Alternative Explanations

    6. Containment of Transitional Justice in Côte d’Ivoire

    7. Conclusion

  8. 4Justice Concessions in Northern Ireland

    1. A Brief History of a Long Conflict

    2. The Threat of Accountability in Northern Ireland

    3. Strategic Adaptation under British Control

    4. Escaping Justice through Concessions: Inquiries in Northern Ireland

    5. Alternative Explanations

    6. Concessions for Transitional Justice in the Central African Republic

    7. Conclusion

  9. Conclusion

    1. Main Findings

    2. Implications

    3. Policy Considerations

    4. The Future of Transitional Justice

  10. Appendix AMethodology

  11. Appendix BElite Interview List by Case

  12. Bibliography

  13. Index

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  • Cyanne E. Loyle, Pennsylvania State University
  • Book: Escaping Justice
  • Online publication: 19 September 2025
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