Intro -- Preface -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Ignacio Czeguhn / Jan Thiessen: Dictatorship, Democracy, and Transitional Justice in Global Legal History - an Introduction -- Ignacio Czeguhn: The Berlin Administration of Justice after 1945 - Factual and Personnel Continuities with the Nazi Justice System -- I. Introduction -- II. First Steps in Statistics -- III. First Case Studies -- IV. The Work in the Federal Archives and the Landesarchiv -- V. The Website Project -- Vittoria Calabrò: Continuità e discontinuità nel passaggio dalla dittatura alla democrazia: la vicenda del giurista Gaspare Ambrosini -- I. 1943-1947: quali cesure, quali persistenze? Riflessioni introduttive -- II. Tra carriera accademica e impegno politico: la vicenda di Gaspare Ambrosini -- III. L'esperienza alla Corte costituzionale -- IV. Per concludere … -- Bronisław Sitek / Albert Pielak: From Sovietization to Democratization of Justice in Poland (1944-1997) -- I. Introduction -- II. Part I: Period 1944-1956, Introduction of the Soviet Model of Justice -- 1. Introductory Issues -- 2. Characteristics of the Functioning of the Judiciary -- 3. Characteristics of the Organization of the Judiciary -- 4. Personnel Selection -- 5. Ruling in the Courts -- a) Characteristics of Ruling -- b) Legal Grounds for Issuing a Criminal Conviction -- 6. Summary -- III. Part II: Period 1956-1981, Stabilization of the Soviet Model of Justice -- 1. Introductory Issues -- 2. Justice System of the Polish Peoples Republic in the Years 1956-1970 -- 3. Justice System of the Polish Peoples Republic in 1970-1980 -- 4. The Rise of "Solidarność" Movement and the Introduction of Martial Law -- 5. Summary -- IV. Part III: Period 1981-1997, The Road to the Democratization of the Judiciary -- 1. Constitutional Court -- 2. Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court -- 3. State Tribunal -- 4. The Legal Bar.

5. Transnational Justice in Poland -- 6. The Constitution of the Republic of 1997 -- V. Conclusions -- Miho Mitsunari: Wartime Sexual Violence and War Responsibility: The "Comfort Women Issue" in Japan -- I. Introduction -- II. "Transitional Justice" and the "Comfort Women" Issue -- 1. The "Comfort Women" Issue as an Issue of "Unfinished Justice" -- 2. Three Premises -- a) Who are "Comfort Women"? -- b) Historical Background -- c) What Happened in the 1990s? -- 3. Remarks from Several UN Committees -- III. Initiatives for Compensation and Reconciliation -- 1. The "Comfort Women" Issue in Historiography -- a) Post-War Histography and the "Comfort Women" Issue -- b) Historical Perception and Legal Responsibility -- c) The Statement of 2015 -- 2. The Japanese Government and Judiciary -- a) The Japanese Government's Position of Issues Being Settled - Re-Reading the Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea -- b) The Two Faces of Justice - Find the Facts, but Don't Judge About the Legal Responsible -- aa) Illegality Under International Law -- bb) Legal Responsibility and Domestic Law -- c) Attempts and Setbacks of the "Asian Women's Fund" -- 3. The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal -- IV. Future Issues -- 1. Passing on "Memories" and "Reconciliation" - Textbooks and Museums -- 2. The Importance of "Restoring Dignity" - Legal Responsibility and Moral Obligation -- 3. Understanding Wartime Sexual Violence - From "Asking" to "Listening" -- V. Conclusion - International Frameworks to Pursue "Transitional Justice" -- José Antonio Pérez Juan: The Amnesty Measures of the Spanish Transition -- I. The First Amnesty Measures of the Spanish Transition -- 1. The General Pardon of 1975 -- 2. The First Amnesty of the Spanish Transition -- II. Law 46/1977, October 15 of Amnesty -- 1. Parliamentary Processing -- 2. Content and Application.

3. Evaluation -- a) International Perspective -- b) Response at the Internal Level -- Antonio Sánchez Aranda: Franco's Regime. From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism in its Repressive Model (April 1936-November 1975) -- I. Introduction. The Spanish Political Transition -- II. The Franco Regime -- 1. Francoism, a Pseudo-Fascism -- 2. Repression: Features and Phases -- III. By Way of Conclusion -- Ramón M. Orza Linares: La transición a la democracia en los países de América Central -- I. Introducción -- II. Qué entendemos por transición a la democracia -- III. Características propias de las transiciones en Centro y Sudamérica -- IV. Algunos ejemplos centroamericanos -- Nicaragua -- El Salvador -- Gerhard Kemp: From Apartheid to Democracy in South Africa -- I. Introduction and Historical Background -- II. The Chronology and Main Features of the Political Negotiations Between 1990 and 1993 -- 1. The Pre-1990 Processes and Initiatives -- 2. The 2 February 1990 Speech and the Start of official Negotiations -- 3. The Referendum's Aftermath -- 4. The Multi-Party Negotiating Process -- 5. Adoption of an Interim Constitution -- III. The Role of the Transitional Executive Council -- IV. Democratic Elections and the Constitutional Assembly -- V. The Government of National Unity -- VI. The Adoption of the "Final" Constitution -- VII. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) -- VIII. Concluding Remarks -- Claudia Vanoni: Drei Jahre Antisemitismusbeauftragte der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin - ein Erfahrungsbericht -- Samuel Salzborn: Kontinuität, Tradierung und Transformation des Antisemitismus -- Jan Thiessen: The Treatment of the Nazi Past in Contemporary German Legal Education -- I. Legal Studies and Legal Thinking -- II. Why to Focus on the Nazi Past -- III. Why East Germany Is Different -- IV. Lessons from Post-Colonial Studies.

V. Nazi Past as a Subject of Legal Education -- VI. Some Examples -- 1. Constitutional Law -- 2. Administrative Law -- 3. Criminal Law -- a) Benefits by Deception and Embezzlement -- b) Murder and Manslaughter -- 4. Private Law -- a) General Clauses -- b) Family Law -- VII. Legal Methodology -- Benjamin Lahusen: Learning from History? -- List of Authors.