Putting the State on Trial
The Policing of Protest during the G20 Summit
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
Putting the State on Trial
The Policing of Protest during the G20 Summit
Table of Contents
Introduction / Margaret E. Beare and Nathalie Des Rosiers
Part 1: The Context of the G20 Summit: How Predictable Was the Protest’s Outcome?
1 States, Protest, and Global Capitalism: Putting the G20 in Perspective / Leo Panitch
2 Reorganizing Repression: Policing Protest, 1995-2012 / Lesley Wood
3 Post-9/11 Policing of Protests: Symbolic but Illusory Law Reform and Real Accountability Gaps / Kent Roach
4 Anatomy of a Breach of the Peace: The CCLA and the G20 Summit / Abby Deshman and Nathalie Des Rosiers
5 The Rule of Law on Trial: Police Powers, Public Protest, and the G20 / James Stribopoulos
Part 2: Policing the Event: The Role of Law, the Failures of Law, and Civil Society
6 Policing as Spectacle and the Politics of Surveillance at the Toronto G20 / Kate Milberry and Andrew Clement
7 Integrated Security Networks: Less, Not More, Accountability / Veronica Kitchen and Kimberly Rygiel
8 Investigative Detention and Street Checks / Howard F. Morton
9 International Law and the Silencing of Social Protest / Bernard Duhaime and Jacinthe Poisson
10 Pacification through “Intelligence” during the Toronto G20 / Nicholas Lamb and George S. Rigakos
Part 3: After the Event: The Continuing Impact -- Accountability Issues and Lessons to be Learned
11 Jury Nullification in Canadian Political Protest Trials: Turning Loose the “12 Angry Men” / Paul Burstein
12 Mass Arrest/Mass Epiphany: G20 Policing and the Canadian Wakeup / Julian Falconer and Meaghan Daniel
13 Perceptions of a Protest: Through the Eyes of the Newspapers / Ian Urquhart
14 Making the Best of Bad Choices: Inquiry Versus Investigations in the G20 Case / Liora Salter and Colleen Matthews
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