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'The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice' remains the most important reference tool that presents the state of the art in the field of reckoning with the legacy of past human rights abuses. Scholars and practitioners from all continents summarise country experiences, and present transitional justice methods, debates, institutions and concepts

Are there any lessons Romania can teach transitional justice scholars and practitioners? This book argues that important insights emerge when analyzing a country with a moderate record of coming to terms with its communist past. Taking a broad definition of transitional justice as their starting point, contributors provide fresh assessments of the history commission, court trials, public identifications of former communist perpetrators, commemorations, and unofficial artistic projects that seek to address and redress the legacies of communist human rights violations. Theoretical and practical questions regarding the continuity of state agencies, the sequencing of initiatives, their advantages and limitations, the reasons why some reckoning programs are enacted and others are not, and these measures' efficacy in promoting truth and justice are answered throughout the volume. Contributors include seasoned scholars from Romania, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and current and former leaders of key Romanian transitional justice institutions.

Preface / Paul E. Sum -- Introduction / Lavinia Stan -- The start of a new era? : Romanians react to Ceaucescu's fall / Katherine Verdery -- Coming to terms with the communist past : democracy and memory in Romania / Marius Stan and Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Public space and the material legacies of communism in Bucharest / Duncan Light and Craig Young -- Ethnicity, nationalism and the "minority regime" / Levente Salat and Csaba Zoltán Novak -- On women, feminism and democracy / Mihaela Miroiu -- Political culture and participation : between enthusiasm and indifference / Radu Cinpoes -- Spectacular alterations, few changes in Romania's media / Peter Gross -- Representation, incumbency and the quality of Romanian democracy / Ronald F. King and Cosmin Gabriel Marian -- Unsocial democrats : the PSD's negative role in Romania's democracy / Tom Gallagher -- House of cards : the presidency from Iliescu to Basescu / Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea -- Romania's commitment to the rule of law? / Dennis Deletant -- Environmental network governance in Romania / Cristina E. Parau -- Conclusion / Monica Ciobanu

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu examine the relationship between religion and politics in ten former communist Eastern European countries, showing church-state relations in the new EU member states through study of political representation for church leaders, governmental subsidies, registration of religions by the state, and religious instruction in public schools