In times of cultural flux and massive societal change, when societies are coming to terms with entirely new political realities the question of how to deal with the sins of the past can fall by the wayside. Often, the successor regimes are in precarious political positions that make any serious attempt to prosecute the offenders of the previous regime for crimes against humanity or any other human rights violations that may have occurred on their …showed first 75 words of 1384 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1384 total…objections, as well perhaps as providing a global framework designed to encourage a true international criminal justice system. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_jurisdiction Krieger, Joel The Oxford Companion To Politics of the World New York Oxford University Press, INC 1993 pgs. 440-444, 348, 852-853, 453-455, 457, 312-314, 460-462, 306, 436-437, 611, and 932-933 Retrieved from Ft Stewart Library Fort Stewart, GA on March 10, 2006 Schmalleger, Frank. Criminal Justice Today. Eighth Edition Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Chapter 17