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oapen-20.500.12657-258842023-07-19T15:17:21Z Terrorists on Trial de Graaf, Beatrice Schmid, Alex P. Political Science Vera Zasulich Stalin IRA Baader-Meinhof Group Moussaoui Hofstad Group Gestora Breivik Guantánamo bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPW Political activism::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle 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. 2019-02-25 23:55 2020-03-13 03:00:33 2020-04-01T10:53:47Z 2020-04-01T10:53:47Z 2016-05-01 book 1004199 OCN: 1100489577 9789087283285;9789400602366 9789400602359 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25884 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip n/a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 1004199.pdf 9789400602366.epub Leiden University Press 10.24415/9789087282400 102112 10.24415/9789087282400 276c53fd-5f1d-4065-9fce-9628863ddca8 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789087283285;9789400602366 9789400602359 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Leiden 102112 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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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