ABSTRACT∞

In this article we address the transitional justice policy of restitution in kind with a case study of urban land reform in Latvia. Contributing to scholarship on the challenge of property reforms after generations of dispossession, we examine the economic, social and political meanings of property restitution in this post-Soviet context. Using process-tracing techniques to examine the creation and implementation of Latvia’s policy in the aftermath of independence from the Soviet Union, we illustrate specific challenges of restitution in kind where property changed through the construction of new buildings occupied by tenants. Financial disputes between landowners and tenants map on to ethnic and political divisions in Latvia, and a policy once seen as a remedy is now in need of a remedy.

中文翻译：

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拉脱维亚城市土地归还的前景与风险

摘要∞

在本文中，我们通过拉脱维亚城市土地改革的案例研究，探讨实物归还的过渡正义政策。为研究几代被剥夺后财产改革的挑战，我们研究了后苏联背景下财产归还的经济、社会和政治意义。使用过程跟踪技术来检查拉脱维亚从苏联独立后政策的制定和实施，我们说明了实物归还的具体挑战，其中财产通过建造租户占用的新建筑物而发生变化。土地所有者和租户之间的财务纠纷映射到拉脱维亚的种族和政治分歧，曾经被视为补救措施的政策现在需要补救措施。