Transitional justice in post-terror contexts: the Norwegian 22 July memorial and the ambiguity of litigation

This article explores litigation as a practice of memorialization through a qualitative study of the legal mobilization to halt and re-site the Norwegian national memorial for the 22 July 2011 terror attack. In arguing that adversarial legal processes initiated by grassroots actors can represent a f...

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Main Author: Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: International journal of transitional justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 286-302
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