1st Edition
Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial Muslims, the Swedish Judiciary and the Possibility of Justice
By Marta Kolankiewicz
Copyright 2019
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book constitutes a critical engagement with debates on the possibilities and limits of fighting racism with the help of criminal law. With in-depth analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden—a mosque fire, hate speech and of a series of assaults— Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial sheds light on issues central for understanding the ways in which racism is approached in court. It also... Read more
1. Introduction; 2. Anti-Muslim Racism: Scales and Contexts; 3. Meeting with the Court Documents: Methodological Reflections; 4. Making Racism a Crime 5. On the Politics and Poetics of Hate-Crime Statistics; 6. In Search of a Racist Subject; 7. Hate Speech, Linguistic Injury and Language in Court; 8. On Judging and Responsibility; 9. Conclusions
Biography
Marta Kolankiewicz is an Associate Senior Lecturer in the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, Sweden.
