The Politics of Apoliticism : : Political Trials in Vichy France, 1940-1942 / / James Herbst.
In 1942, the dictatorial regime of occupied France held a show trial that didn‘t work. In a society from which democratic checks and balances had been eliminated, under a regime that made its own laws to try its opponents, the government‘s signature legal initiative – a court packed with sympathetic...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. “No other explanation seemed possible” -- 3. Certain ideas of France -- 4. Making Vichy’s Trials -- 5. Riom as National Revolution -- 6. Reynaud, Mandel, Auriol: The Limits of Legalistic Apoliticism -- 7. Riom as Parliament -- 8. The Massilia Affair and the Clermont-Ferrand Desertion Trials -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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