Terrorists on Trial A Performative Perspective / Graaf, Schmid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graaf, Beatrice de (Ed.)

Contributor:

Schmid, Alex P.

Graaf, Beatrice de.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Beatrice de Graaf holds a chair in history of international relations and global governance at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Alex P. Schmid held a chair in international relations at the University of St Andrews; currently he is a fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in the Hague.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-8728-328-8

94-006-0235-9

OCLC:

951223301