Political Trials in Theory and History by Jens Meierhenrich HARDBACK

Political Trials in Theory and History\nby Jens Meierhenrich\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jens Meierhenrich\nTitle: Political Trials in Theory and History\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political science and theory\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781107079465\nISBN-10: 1107079462\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFrom the trial of Socrates to the post-9/11 military commissions, trials have always been useful instruments of politics. Yet there is still much that we do not understand about them. Why do governments use trials to pursue political objectives, and when? What differentiates political trials from ordinary ones? Contrary to conventional wisdom, not all political trials are show trials or contrive to set up scapegoats. This.