Transitional or Post-transitional Justice? Recent Developments in the Spanish Case

It is the intention of this article to promote a more dynamic and longer term view of transitional justice processes than is customary in this literature. An attempt will be made, by focusing on the recent and dramatic developments in the Spanish case, to identify the factors that explain why policies designed to compensate victims of human rights violations committed by the previous regime are susceptible to post-transition transformations. Although the focus will be on the Spanish experience, some of the questions asked and the explanations provided could be applied to other cases.