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Terror on Trial : An Ethnography of French Courts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weill, Sharon.
- Series:
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Terrorism)--France.
- Trials (Terrorism).
- Terrorism--Law and legislation--France.
- Terrorism.
- Criminal courts--France.
- Criminal courts.
- Criminal procedure--France.
- Criminal procedure.
- Terrorism--Trials--France.
- Political crimes and offenses--France.
- Political crimes and offenses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Based on hundreds of French terror trials including the 'trials for history'-this book explores how counterterrorism justice is shaped in French courts. Through courtroom immersion and interviews with judicial actors, it identifies three generations of trials, offering original insights into the evolving role of French courts in terrorism cases"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: From the Laboratory of the Lower Courts the Bataclan Show Trial: Three Generations of Terror Trials
- Chapter 1 Courtroom Scenes & Methodology
- Chapter 2 The Trial Actors: ‘In the Name of the French People’
- Chapter 3 The Laboratory of the 16th Chamber: Designing the Architecture and Experimenting the Policy
- Chapter 4 The Second Generation of Jihadist Trials: The Slow Justice of the French Assize Court (2017-2019)
- Chapter 5 The ‘Trials for History’: A New Paradigm for the Prosecution of Mass Crimes?.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-33321-6
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