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Terrorists on trial : a performative perspective / edited by Beatrice de Graaf and Alex P. Schmid.

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TextPublisher: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (602 pages))Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9400602359
9789400602366
9400602367
9789087283285
9087283288
9789400602359

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Terrorists on trial.DDC classification:

345 23

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K543.P6

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Contents:

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 -- Guant�anamo 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 Amnist�ia in Spain / Carolijn Terwindt -- Performing justice, coping with trauma : the trial of Anders Breivik, 2012 / Tore Bj�rgo, Beatrice de Graaf, Liesbeth van der Heide, Cato Hemmingby and Daan Weggemans -- Literature on terrorism trials : a selective bibliography / compiled by Jaclyn A. Peterson.

Summary: "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 validity of contested political constructs, this study presents a performative perspective to draw attention to the mechanisms and effects of terrorism trials in and outside the courtroom. With a special focus on how the power of these performances may in turn shape new narratives of justice and/or injustice, it offers vital insights into terrorism trials directed involving different types of terrorism suspects, from left-wing to ethno-nationalist and jihadist terrorists, in Spain, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States"--Back cover

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-576) and index.

"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 validity of contested political constructs, this study presents a performative perspective to draw attention to the mechanisms and effects of terrorism trials in and outside the courtroom. With a special focus on how the power of these performances may in turn shape new narratives of justice and/or injustice, it offers vital insights into terrorism trials directed involving different types of terrorism suspects, from left-wing to ethno-nationalist and jihadist terrorists, in Spain, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States"--Back cover