Political Trials

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atle L. Wold
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Political Trials

The political trials of the 1790s made up a central part of the government’s strategy for defeating radicalism in Britain. The trials conducted in Scotland played a prominent role in this, and they have earned a poor reputation as near-miscarriages of justice. This chapter explores the more central trials in Scotland, with a key focus on the case presented by the prosecution, on the courtroom debate, and on the question of sedition as a crime under Scots law. A main argument presented here is that – while the trials were not sterling examples of impartial justice being carried out – some of the criticism levied against them needs to be qualified. And this is particularly the case with respect to the crime of sedition under Scots law.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Sarah Blackwood
Keyword(s):  
White Women ◽  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Edith Wharton ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
The Political ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Cultural Function ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Visual Technologies

This chapter sketches the main argument of the book, namely that after the invention of photography, portraiture’s changing symbolic and aesthetic practices helped produce new ideas about human inner life. Portraiture’s proliferating representational images of the human body began to characterize inner life as “deep.” Through brief readings of the appearance of portraits in the work of Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Edith Wharton, this introduction situates the changing visual technologies and aesthetic conventions alongside the development of psychology as a discipline. The chapter also introduces the political valences of portraiture’s new cultural function as index of depth, discussing how this function had different meanings for Black Americans as well as for white women.

scholarly journals Legal-Political Paradigm of Indonesian Constitutional Court: Defending a Principled Instrumentalist Court

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Mirza Satria Buana
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
Review Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
History Of

The establishment of the Indonesian Constitutional Court in 2003 signified the formation of a bridge between the judiciary and politics. Through its judicial review process, there is a more tangible presence of the judiciary and court in the political arena. The Court helps with addressing moral predicaments and influencing the products of the legislature. This paper discusses the shifting of the legal-politico paradigm, particularly relating to judicial leadership of the Court because this significantly affects the role of the Court in the political arena. The history of the establishment of the Court’s authority in judicial review is explored through a stylised analysis of the actions of two early Chief Justices. This paper also examines two Court decisions which illustrated the Court’s authority on judicial review because they demonstrated the importance of policy-driven decisions and judicial restraint. The main argument of this work is that it is hard to categorize the legal-politico actions of the Indonesian Court into either legalism or instrumentalism. Often, the Court synthesises the two. The legal-politico paradigm is a dynamic one. The most feasible model of the Indonesian Constitutional Court is that of a Principled Instrumentalist Court, where policy decisions guide the formation of legislation according to constitutional values, but the judges maintain prudential self-restraint.

scholarly journals Politik Identitas dalam Sejarah Pembentukan Negara Israel

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Elpeni Fitrah
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Politics ◽  
State Formation ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
The World

This paper discusses how the political identity becomes a motive of Israel state formation. Identitypolitics is a part of cultural politics which consisted by race, religion, ethnic and culture. TheAuthor identified identity politics as a concept or political movement which focusing into diversity.The main argument of this paper is Israel has succeed utilize its cultural identity narrative to unitethe perception of the Jewish around the world to reproduce as a historical justification as well asthe tools of politics for the sake of the embodiment of national ideals in establishing their ownnation state. Keywords: Identity Politics, Narrative, Perception, Israel

scholarly journals Television, Rituals, Struggle for Public Memory in Serbia during 1990s

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-169
Author(s):  
Ildiko Erdei
Keyword(s):  
Public Memory ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Media Policy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Protests

The aim of the paper is to point to the the role of television (mainly state owned and controlled) and ritual actions, in creating and distributing messages concerning important social and political events during the 1990s. The main argument is that the urban street political protest actions that were performed by the political and social opponents of the ruling regime, mainly in Belgrade streets and squares, were a logical outcome of the regime’s media policy, and closely dependent on it. The aim of that policy was to silence the opposing voices and make them invisible, but also to avoid speaking about events that might threaten the image of the ruling regime as tolerant, peaceful and patriotic, the examples of which were information on war crimes, and devastations of Vukovar, Dubrovnik and Sarajevo. Political protests and ritual actions have created a place where these issues could safely be spoken out, thus creating an emerging public counter sphere. Instead of considering media and rituals as separated ways of communication, it will be showed how in particular social and political context in Serbia during 1990s, television and rituals have reached a point of mutual constitution and articulation.

Does Verbatim Theatre Still Talk the Nation Talk?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-219
Author(s):  
Cyrielle Garson
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
National Theatre ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cherry Blossom ◽  
Entire Nation ◽  
Verbatim Theatre ◽  
British Culture

AbstractIn a post-Brexit (and perhaps even post-truth) context, the entire nation is going through an intense period of self-scrutiny, attempting to find a way forward for British culture despite a growing climate of divisive and destructive trends. As ever, verbatim theatre, spearheaded by Rufus Norris’ National Theatre, has sought to provide some answers in its relentless examination of the state of Britain. However, since the renaissance of verbatim theatre in the mid-1990s, the political situation has worsened considerably and it may appear that the typical strategies of verbatim theatre have lost their efficacy, struggling to provide a much-needed alternative. In this article, I will assess some of verbatim theatre’s latest developments in the 21st century through three main case studies, which are DV8’s To Be Straight with You (2007), Catherine Grosvenor’s Cherry Blossom (2008) and Alecky Blythe’s Little Revolution (2014). My main argument is that, notwithstanding the claims to the contrary, verbatim theatre is far from being in decline and it has continued to fluctuate, transform and exceed its familiar parameters, urging us to rethink its general aesthetic coordinates beyond the project of documentary realism and that of a national ‘shadow archive.’ More specifically and drawing from a variety of recent examples including the aforementioned case studies, I will argue that verbatim theatre in this period has a post-postmodern proclivity to make new connections across the fragments and re-construct the social.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Edward E. Curtis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
American Empire ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Muslim Americans ◽  
American Liberalism

The place of Muslims in the United States is a bellwether for the nation’s purported embrace of liberal values such as freedom of speech and religion, equal justice under law, and equal opportunity. The main argument of the book is that dominant forms of American liberalism, which are invested in anti-Black racism and American empire, have prevented the political assimilation of Muslim Americans. Muslim Americans have sometimes resisted and more frequently accommodated American liberalism, but, in either case, they have never been afforded full citizenship.

Self-Standing Arguments against a Duty to Vote and Why They Fail

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-198
Author(s):  
Julia Maskivker
Keyword(s):  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Moral Duty ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Accountability ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Electoral Outcome

This chapter addresses two popular criticisms against the duty to vote. They are enlisted separately from the main argument in the book because they are self-standing. The first criticism holds that voting is irrational because it is individually ineffective, therefore not the stuff of a moral duty. The second criticism sustains that seeing voting as a moral duty is an affront to freedom because it means that the political life is superior to other human pursuits. The chapter shows that rationality in voting does not have to mean the capacity to determine the electoral outcome individually. It also argues that the moral duty to vote enhances freedom as non-domination because it has the capacity to increase political accountability and political responsiveness. We can justify a moral duty to vote on instrumental grounds without passing moral judgment on the value of politics vis-à-vis other human pursuits.

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