Terrorists on Trial: A Performative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9789087282400 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 576 str.

Beatrice De Graaf; Alex P. Schmid

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Terrorists on Trial offers an unexpected and productive new perspective on terrorism trials, viewing them as a form of theater, in which the show that a trial offers can develop its own unexpected dynamics, aspects that occasionally inconvenience the prosecuting government and interfere with its aims. As a political construct, the crime of terrorism is an essentially contested act, and interpreting trials through this lens enables us to see their performative aspects more clearly than ever. With close analyses of trials in the United States, Spain, Russia, Germany, and the Netherlands, Terrorists on Trial breaks new ground for our understanding of a crucial contemporary problem.
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Table of Contents
Tables and Figures
1. Introduction: a Performative Perspective on Terrorism Trials (Beatrice de Graaf, in cooperation with Liesbeth van der Heide)
2. Terrorism, Political Crime and Political Justice Alex P. Schmid
3. The Trial of Vera Zasulich in 1878 Alex P. Schmid
4. Stalin’s 1936 Show Trial against the ‘Trotzkyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Centre’ Alex P. Schmid
5. ‘Is There any Justice Left in this Country?’ The IRA on Trial in the 1970s Joost Augusteijn
6. Germany Confronts the Baader-Meinhof Group. The Stammheim Trial (1975–1977) and its Legacies
Jacco Pekelder and Klaus Weinhauer
7. National Security on Trial: The Case of Zacarias Moussaoui, 2001–2006
Geert-Jan Knoops
8. Guantanamo as Theatre: Military Commissions and Performance in the Court of Public Opinion, 2003–2004
Fred L. Borch
9. The Hofstad Group on Trial: Sentencing the Terrorist Risk, 2005–2014 7 Beatrice de Graaf
10. Supporting Prisoners or Supporting Terrorists: The 2008 Trial of Gestoras Pro Amnistía in SpainCarolijn Terwindt
11. Performing Justice, Coping with Trauma: The Trial of Anders Breivik, 2012 Tore Bjørgo, Beatrice de Graaf, Liesbeth van der Heide, Cato Hemmingby and Daan Weggemans
12. Conclusion
Beatrice de Graaf
Literature on Terrorism Trials – a Selective Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Table of Figures