ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates how men and women were treated differently in district court even when they took the same actions, such as using abusive language in the community or admitting responsibility for their crimes. A national law that has been deeply adhered to in practice, it also has been repeatedly challenged in a variety of courts as a violation of women’s equal rights under the law in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The book draws attention to the public and scholarly importance of legacies of violence, conflict, and the state in broad comparative perspective. It addresses an enduring and timely question about how life is and is not transformed in political transitions from armed-conflict to democracy and rule of law at the center of so many states involved in what has come to be identified as “transitional justice” processes.
