Political Trials

Leora Bilsky

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.86093-6

Political Trials

Leora Bilsky^*

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Faculty of Law

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Abstract

This article discusses the theory and practice of political trials in liberal democracies as distinct from 'show trials.' It explores the dilemmas raised by such trials when they occur in transitions to democracy, within established democracies, and in international and transnational trials of atrocity, and explains scholars' call to recognize the inevitably political character of legal proceedings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	497-503
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.86093-6
State	Published - 26 Mar 2015

Keywords

Criminal law
Eichmann
International criminal law
Judith Shklar
Legalism
Nuremberg
Otto Kirchheimer
Political trials
Transitional justice
Trials
Truth commissions
Universal jurisdiction

UN SDGs

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