Political Trials: Gordian Knots in the Law

ISBN-13: 9781138530263 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 344 str.

Ron Christenson

Opis

Political trials take issues of responsibility, conscience, representation, and legitimacy, which are tied in tight political and legal knots, and force us to face questions about our public identity, our standards for public policy, and our sense of history

Spis treści

1: What is a Political Trial?; 2: Partisan Trials: The Question of Expediency; 3: The SWAPO Trial: A Partisan Trial; 4: Trials of Corruption and Insanity: The Question of Responsibility; 5: Trials of Dissenters: The Questions of Conscience; 6: The Wisconsin Bomber and Other Frustrated Dissenters; 7: Trials of Nationalists: The Question of Representation; 8: The Wounded Knee Trial: A Trial of Nationalists; 9: Trials of Regimes: The Question of Legitimacy; 10: Conclusion: Do Hard Cases Make Bad Law?

O autorze

Ron Christenson