@article{ref1,
title="Utopia and the doubters: truth, transition and the law",
journal="Legal studies",
year="2008",
author="Campbell, Colm and Turner, Catherine",
volume="28",
number="3",
pages="374-395",
abstract="Truth commissions have an intuitive appeal in squaring the circle of peace and accountability post-conflict, but some claims for their benefits risk utopianism. Law provides both opportunities and pitfalls for post-conflict justice initiatives, including the operation of truth commissions. Rather than adopting a heavily legalised approach, derived from Public Inquiries, an ‘holistic legal model’, employing social science fact-finding methodologies to explore pattern of violations, and drawing appropriately on legal standards, may provide the best option for a possible Northern Ireland truth commission.<p />",
language="",
issn="0261-3875",
doi="10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00093.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2008.00093.x"
}