This course provides a broad conceptual understanding of this emerging field and critically examines the historical and contemporary uses of different justice interventions through selected case studies. We will examine the complementarity and conflict between the demands that nations face in the wake of large-scale human rights abuses, including retribution, reconciliation, restitution, memory, and other forms of accountability. The course examines the diverse range of Transitional Justice (TJ) interventions that have been employed to date, including trials, international tribunals, amnesties and truth commissions. This will include study of the role TJ plays as part of broader post-conflict reconstruction efforts and, in particular, the potential contribution of these interventions to post-conflict peacebuilding and reconciliation.