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A Provisional Evaluation of the Contribution of the Supreme Court to Political Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka (May 2009 - August 2012)

Author : Samararatne, Dinesha

Publisher: International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES)

Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo

Year: 2013

Page Numbers: 55

Acc. No: 4329

Class No: 303.66 SOM-SL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Conflict Resolution/War and Peace

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-955-580-139-3

This paper seeks to foreground the mandate and actual contribution of the Sri Lankan judiciary with regard to political reconciliation by considering three questions, such as whether the judiciary in a democratic society can and/or ought to engage with the question of political reconciliation. Secondly, whether the Sri Lankan judiciary has such a mandate within the existing constitutional framework and finally whether the Supreme Court has engaged with the question of political reconciliation.