Law and Resistance: Toward a Performative Epistemology of the Political Trial
(2022)
Book
Allo, A. (2022). Law and Resistance: Toward a Performative Epistemology of the Political Trial
All Outputs (9)
The Courtroom as an Arena of Ideological and Political Confrontation: The Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial (2021)
Journal Article
Allo, A. (2021). The Courtroom as an Arena of Ideological and Political Confrontation: The Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial. Law and Critique, 34, 81–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10978-021-09315-wAbstractNormative 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
Allo, A. (2017). Protests, Terrorism, and Development: On Ethiopia’s State of Emergency. Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal,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
Allo, A. (2016). Marwan Barghouti in Tel Aviv: Occupation, Terrorism, and Resistance in the Courtroom. Social and Legal Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663916651000On 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
Allo, A. (2016). The Courtroom as a Site of Epistemic Resistance: Mandela at Rivonia. Law, Culture and the Humanities, https://doi.org/10.1177/1743872116643274The 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.
‘Black man in the white man’s court’: Performative Genealogies in the Courtroom (2016)
Book Chapter
Allo, A. (2016). ‘Black man in the white man’s court’: Performative Genealogies in the Courtroom.
The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance (2016)
Book
Allo, A. The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315615073
The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial (2015)
Book
Allo, A. (2015). The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial
Spectacles of Illegality: Mapping Ethiopia’s Show Trials (2015)
Journal Article
Allo, A., & Tesfaye, B. (2015). Spectacles of Illegality: Mapping Ethiopia’s Show Trials. African identities, 279 - 296. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2015.1087305General 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.