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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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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