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Terrorists on trial : a performative perspective /

"This volume views terrorism trials as a form of theatre, where the 'show' that a trial may offer can develop often unexpected dynamics, which at times might inconvenience the government. Seeing terrorism trials as a stage where legal instruments are used (and abused) to argue the val...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Graaf, Beatrice de (Editor ), Schmid, Alex P. (Alex Peter), 1943- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : A performative perspective on terrorism trials / Beatrice de Graaf, in cooperation with Liesbeth van der Heide
  • Terrorism, political crime and political justice / Alex P. Schmid
  • Trial of Vera Zasulich in 1878 / Alex P. Schmid
  • Stalin's 1936 show trial against the 'Trotzkyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Centre' / Alex P. Schmid
  • 'Is there any justice left in this country?' : the IRA on trial in the 1970s / Joost Augusteijn
  • Germany confronts the Baader-Meinhof Group : the Stammheim trial (1975-1977) and its legacies / Jacco Pekelder and Klaus Weinhauer
  • National security on trial : the case of Zacarias Mossaoui, 2001-2006 / Geert-Jan Knoops
  • Guantánamo as theatre : military commissions as a performance in the court of public opinion, 2003-2004 / Fred L. Borch
  • Hofstad Group on trial : sentencing the terrorist risk, 2005-2014 / Beatrice de Graaf
  • Supporting prisoners or supporting terrorists : the 2008 trial of Gestoras Pro Amnistía in Spain / Carolijn Terwindt
  • Performing justice, coping with trauma : the trial of Anders Breivik, 2012 / Tore Bjørgo, Beatrice de Graaf, Liesbeth van der Heide, Cato Hemmingby and Daan Weggemans
  • Literature on terrorism trials : a selective bibliography / compiled by Jaclyn A. Peterson.