This collection of essays explores the legal and moral questions that arise at the end of war and in the transition to less oppressive regimes.

1. Just military occupation? A case study of the American occupation of Japan Shunzo Majima; 2. Was damals Recht war... nulla poena and the prosecution of crimes against humanity in occupied Germany Lawrence Douglas; 3. Community based accountability in Afghanistan: recommendations to balance the interests of justice Michael A. Newton; 4. (Re)defining crimes against humanity for a jus post bellum world Charles Chernor Jalloh; 5. Jus post bellum and amnesties Max Pensky; 6. Earthquakes and wars: the logic of international reparations Gabriella Blum and Natalie J. Lockwood; 7. International criminal court, the trust fund for victims and victim participation Jovana Davidovic; 8. Truthfulness in transition: the value of insisting on experiential adequacy Cindy Holder; 9. Nunca más: truth commissions, prevention, and human rights culture Margaret Urban Walker; 10. Transnationalizing peacebuilding: transitional justice as a deliberative process James Bohman; 11. Jus post bellum and political reconciliation Colleen Murphy and Linda Radzick.