Outputs (6)
The Courtroom as an Arena of Ideological and Political Confrontation: The Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial (2021)
Journal Article
AbstractNormative theories of law conceive the courtroom as a geometrically delineated, politically neutral, and linguistically transparent space designed for a fair and orderly administration of justice. The trial, the most legalistic of all legal a... Read More about The Courtroom as an Arena of Ideological and Political Confrontation: The Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial.
Protests, Terrorism, and Development: On Ethiopia’s State of Emergency (2017)
Journal Article
On October 8, 2016, the Ethiopian government officially declared a nationwide state of emergency in response to a year-long protest by members of Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and the Amhara. The Directive issued to implement the st... Read More about Protests, Terrorism, and Development: On Ethiopia’s State of Emergency.
Marwan Barghouti in Tel Aviv: Occupation, Terrorism, and Resistance in the Courtroom (2016)
Journal Article
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 Israel for trial. On 14 August 2002, he was charged with multiple c... Read More about Marwan Barghouti in Tel Aviv: Occupation, Terrorism, and Resistance in the Courtroom.
The Courtroom as a Site of Epistemic Resistance: Mandela at Rivonia (2016)
Journal Article
The 1963–64 trial of Nelson Mandela and other leading members of the liberation movement was a political trial par excellence. In the courtroom, the Apartheid government was trying the accused for the crime of sabotage but in the court of public opin... Read More about The Courtroom as a Site of Epistemic Resistance: Mandela at Rivonia.
Spectacles of Illegality: Mapping Ethiopia’s Show Trials (2015)
Journal Article
General jurisprudence conceives the courtroom as a space of adjudication and justice far removed from the gravitational field of politics. Both in its normative inscription and function, the court is conceived as a site of truth and justice elevated... Read More about Spectacles of Illegality: Mapping Ethiopia’s Show Trials.