Acknowledgments 3
Introduction 5
1.Retribution, Law, and Violence 9
Retribution 10
Tribute: Introducing Retribution 10
Responsibility: The Individual and Retribution 10
Scapegoat: The Community and Retribution 13
Force should be right; or, rather, right and wrong 16
Law: The Transference of Retribution 17
Law 23
‘Justice as Fairness' 23
‘Communicative Action' 25
From ‘Sacred' to ‘Secular' 27
Thence ‘Reverence' 30
Violence 31
Introducing Deconstruction 31
Justice, Force 33
The Mystical Foundation of Authority 34
Law's Monopoly on Violence 36
Summary 39
2.Compassion, Responsibility, and the Law of Love 42
Compassion 44
‘Divine Internention' 44
From Ontology: Love, Power, and Justice 46
Attention: Justice as Compassion 51
Responsibility 54
The Face of Responsibility 54
Into Infinite Responsibility 56
The Law of Love 59
Remaining in the Debt of Love 59
Actions of Infinity 61
Subjects of Love 63
‘Who is My Neighbour?' 63
‘Absolute Hospitality' 69
The ‘Hour of Justice' 72
Summary 75
3.Transition and Transformation: From Segregation to Reconciliation 76
Transition 76
Apartheid 76
The Lexis of Segregation 78
The Crisis 81
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission 82
Reconciliation 82
Restorative Justice 83
Restorative ‘Values' and ‘Processes' 85
Restorative Punishment 88
Locating Just Transformation 90
Ubuntu 90
Identity in Solidarity 93
Human Rights Talk 96
Summary: Transformation 101
Conclusion 105
Bibliography 109