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Terrorists on Trial
a performative perspective
2016 || Paperback || Beatrice de Graaf e.a. || Leiden University Press
Terrorism trials are an exceptional opportunity for better understanding and, hence, countering terrorism, since they are often the only place where most if not all of the actors of a terrorist incident meet again, and where the media report and broadcast their respective accounts. A nexus between terrorist violence, law enforcement and public opinion, terrorism trials showcase justice in progress and thus demonstrate to the world how terrorism suspects are treated under national law.
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The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law
2018 || Paperback || Paul Cliteur e.a. || Leiden University Press
This collection centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became less harsh in their punishment of blasphemy, hence "the fall of blasphemy law".
The second trend manifests an opposite movement, hence "the rise of blasphemy law". Over the last decades, namely, West...