Table of Contents

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1. What is a Political Trial?

2. Partisan Trials: The Question of Expediency

3. The SWAPO Trial: A Partisan Trial

4. Trials of Corruption and Insanity: The Question of Responsibility

5. Trials of Dissenters: The Question of Conscience

6. The Wisconsin Bomber and Other Frustrated Dissenters

7. Trials of Nationalists: The Question of Representation

8. The Wounded Knee Trial: A Trial of Nationalists

9. Trials of Regimes: The Question of Legitimacy

10. Conclusion: Do Hard Cases Make Bad Law?

Appendixes

B. Possible Political Trials

Bibliography

Index