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This paper will present and discuss the scope and the timing of policies directed towards the victims of political violence (both of the civil war and of the dictatorship) in Spain from a comparative perspective. First of all, the paper introduces the main rules on material reparations approved in Spain since Franco's death. Then, it compares the measures of reparation, truth and justice adopted in Spain, Chile and Argentina. This analysis will not be a strictly legal one. Rather, it will focus on the interplay among factors such as social impetus, the time elapsed, the existence of a proactive judiciary, and the type of violence committed by the dictatorship, on the one hand, and the proportions of various kinds of reparation, truth and justice policies, on the other. While differences in the former variables strongly influence the scope and timing of the policies adopted, it is also argued that, if the past is ignored, it will continue to irrupt in a country's life.
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Aguilar, P. (2009). The Timing and the Scope of Reparation, Truth and Justice Measures: A Comparison of the Spanish, Argentinian and Chilean Cases. In: Ambos, K., Large, J., Wierda, M. (eds) Building a Future on Peace and Justice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85754-9_19
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