Justice and peace after war : conceptual difficulties in the discourses of transition and reform

The way memory of war is constructed in transitional periods stems from how international agencies, national governments, civil societies, non-governmental organizations, and local actors deploy human and material resources in the servicing of peace and justice. A liberalized rule of law can help transition from war to peace. It regulates social behavior of war parties in post conflict communities. The paper argues that legal inclusiveness is capable of creating a rule of law that facilitates implementation processes of integration, settlement, and reconstruction of post-war societies. Creating “survivability” is a collective work of surviving communities, national, local, and other exogenous entities