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Political trials : Gordian knots in the law / Ron Christenson ; with a new preface by the author.
LIBRA K543.P6 C56 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christenson, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses).
- Political crimes and offenses.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--United States.
- United States.
- Political crimes and offenses--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 344 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, revised and expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [1999]
- Summary:
- Political Trials takes issues of responsibility, conscience, representation, and legitimacy, and raises questions about our public identity, our standards for public policy, and our sense of history. Christenson explores how political trials engage society's conflicting values and loyalties. He examines numerous cases throughout history, bringing into question basic foundations of law, politics, and society. Since the first edition appeared, a number of notable political trials have raised critical issues. Christenson discusses these and shows how they have made a positive contribution to an open and democratic society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-333) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765804735
- OCLC:
- 39307364
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