Putting the state on trial : the policing of protest during the G20 summit

Beare, Margaret E. (Added Author). Des Rosiers, Nathalie, 1959- (Added Author). Deshman, Abigail C. (Added Author).

Summary: Examines the political, social, and economic conditions that "allowed" the policing of the G20 Summit to culminate in human and civil rights violations. Written by a multi-disciplinary group of scholars and legal practitioners, this book contextualizes events before, during, and after the summit from a range of perspectives.--Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9780774828307 (Paper)
ISBN: 0774828307 (Paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 379 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliography (pages 328-356) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

States, protest, and global capitalism : putting the G20 in perspective / Leo Panitch -- Reorganizing repression : policing protest, 1995-2012 / Lesley Wood -- Post-9/11 policing of protests : symbolic but illusory law reform and real accountability gaps / Kent Roach -- Anatomy of a breach of the peace : the CCLA and the G20 summit / Abby Deshman and Nathalie Des Rosiers -- The rule of law on trial : police powers, public protest, and the G20 / James Stribopoulos -- Policing as spectacle and the politics of surveillance at the Toronto G20 / Kate Milberry and Andrew Clement -- Integrated security networks : less, not more, accountability / Veronica Kitchen and Kimberly Rygiel -- Investigative detention and street checks / Howard F. Morton -- International law and the silencing of social protest / Bernard Duhaime and Jacinthe Poisson -- Pacification through "intelligence" during the Toronto G20 / Nicholas Lamb and George S. Rigakos -- Jury nullification in Canadian political protest trials : turning loose the "12 angry men" / Paul Burstein -- Mass arrest/mass epiphany : G20 policing and the Canadian wakeup / Julian Falconer and Meaghan Daniel -- Perceptions of a protest : through the eyes of the newspapers / Ian Urquhart -- Making the best of bad choices : inquiry versus investigations in the G20 case / Liora Salter and Colleen Matthews -- Conclusion : The future of protests in Canada / Nathalie Des Rosiers.