Terrorists on Trial : A Performative Perspective / / Graaf, Schmid

• Autore: Graaf Beatrice de (Ed.)
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, : Leiden University Press, 2016; Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (602 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.7307
• Soggetto topico: Political Science / Terrorism; Political science
• Soggetto non controllato: Political Science; Vera Zasulich; Stalin; IRA; Baader-Meinhof Group; Moussaoui; Hofstad Group; Gestora; Breivik; Guantánamo
• Altri autori: SchmidAlex P GraafBeatrice de
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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 US.
• Titolo autorizzato: Terrorists on Trial
• ISBN: 90-8728-328-8; 94-006-0235-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910311949203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II