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.
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Terrorists on Trial : A Performative Perspective
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- Cover
- Contents
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- 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
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