Strategies of repression vary widely between extrajudicial and judicial extremes, from
unrestrained acts of violence to highly routinized legal procedures. While the former have …

In this chapter we analyze cases where social movement activists are prosecuted in the
courts for protest actions. The courthouse is a significant arena for social movement strategy …

The Fascist Faith of the Legion" Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941 engages
critically with recent works on fascism, totalitarianism, and religion, and advances an original …

This article analyzes the role of expert witness testimony in the trials of social movement
actors, discussing the trial of the “K ingsnorth S ix” in B ritain and the trials of activists …

This article explores the politics of international criminal justice and argues that the
International Criminal Court is a lieu of staged performance where actors deploy their …

On 15 April 2002, Marwan Barghouti, a high profile Member of the Palestinian Parliament
and a close aide of the late Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, was arrested and transferred to …

This dissertation examines how judicial institutions in sub-Saharan Africa were used to both
legitimize repression and maintain autocratic survival during the postcolonial period, as well …

Authority figures may organize show trials featuring public confessions when they are faced
with deep rooted contradictions within the social order and want to increase their legitimacy …

What explains judicial deference, ie, courts' tendency to agree with state institutions, and the
accompanying failure to rule against them? Deference may be attributed to formal and …

Why would a country's top law professors support a military coup d'état and political show
trials? Conversely, how could lawyers succeed in bringing military trials of civilians to a halt …