Terrorists on Trial A Performative Perspective

Terrorism trials are an exceptional opportunity for better understanding and, hence, countering terrorism, since they are often the only place where most if not all of the actors of a terrorist incident meet again, and where the media report and broadcast their respective accounts. Seeing terrorism...

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Autor principal: Graaf, Beatrice de (Ed.) (-)
Otros Autores: Schmid, Alex P., Graaf, Beatrice de
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden Leiden University Press 2016
Leiden : 2015.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • 1. Introduction: A Performative Perspective on Terrorism Trials
  • 2. Terrorism, Political Crime and Political Justice
  • 3. The Trial of Vera Zasulich in 1878
  • 4. Stalin's 1936 Show Trial against the 'Trotzkyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Centre'
  • 5. 'Is There any Justice Left in this Country?' The ira on Trial in the 1970s
  • 6. Germany Confronts the Baader-Meinhof Group. The Stammheim Trial (1975-1977) and Its Legacies
  • 7. National Security on Trial: The Case of Zacarias Moussaoui, 2001-2006
  • 8. Guantánamo as Theatre: Military Commissions as a Performance in the Court of Public Opinion, 2003-2004
  • 9. The Hofstad Group on Trial: Sentencing the Terrorist Risk, 2005-2014
  • 10. Supporting Prisoners or Supporting Terrorists: The 2008 Trial of Gestoras Pro Amnistía in Spain
  • 11. Performing Justice, Coping with Trauma: The Trial of Anders Breivik, 2012
  • 12. Conclusion
  • 13. Literature on Terrorism Trials-A Selective Bibliography
  • 14. Notes on Contributors
  • 15. Index