Putting the State on Trial

Margaret E. Beare is a professor of sociology and law at York University and Osgoode Hall Law School. Nathalie Des Rosiers is the dean of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, at the University of Ottawa. Abigail C. Deshman is the director of the Public Safety Program with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.Contributors: Ronald G. Atkey, Paul Burstein, Andrew Clement, Meaghan Daniel, Bernard Duhaime, Julian Falconer, Veronica Kitchen, Nicholas Lamb, Colleen Matthews, Kate Milberry, Howard F. Morton, Leo Panitch, Jacinthe Poisson, George S. Rigakos, Kent Roach, Kimberly Rygiel, Liora Salter, James Stribopoulos, Ian Urquhart, and Lesley Wood.

• Introduction / Margaret E. Beare and Nathalie Des RosiersPart 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 Panitch2 Reorganizing Repression: Policing Protest, 1995-2012 / Lesley Wood3 Post-9/11 Policing of Protests: Symbolic but Illusory Law Reform and Real Accountability Gaps / Kent Roach4 Anatomy of a Breach of the Peace: The CCLA and the G20 Summit / Abby Deshman and Nathalie Des Rosiers5 The Rule of Law on Trial: Police Powers, Public Protest, and the G20 / James StribopoulosPart 2: Policing the Event: The Role of Law, the Failures of Law, and Civil Society6 Policing as Spectacle and the Politics of Surveillance at the Toronto G20 / Kate Milberry and Andrew Clement7 Integrated Security Networks: Less, Not More, Accountability / Veronica Kitchen and Kimberly Rygiel8 Investigative Detention and Street Checks / Howard F. Morton9 International Law and the Silencing of Social Protest / Bernard Duhaime and Jacinthe Poisson10 Pacification through "Intelligence" during the Toronto G20 / Nicholas Lamb and George S. RigakosPart 3: After the Event: The Continuing Impact -- Accountability Issues and Lessons to be Learned11 Jury Nullification in Canadian Political Protest Trials: Turning Loose the "12 Angry Men" / Paul Burstein12 Mass Arrest/Mass Epiphany: G20 Policing and the Canadian Wakeup / Julian Falconer and Meaghan Daniel13 Perceptions of a Protest: Through the Eyes of the Newspapers / Ian Urquhart14 Making the Best of Bad Choices: Inquiry Versus Investigations in the G20 Case / Liora Salter and Colleen MatthewsConclusion: The Future of Protests in Canada / Nathalie Des RosiersAppendix; Bibliography; Index