Law, Violence, and Accountability — Dr. Revital Madar on State Power and Trials

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Revital Madar, political
theorist and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the European
University Institute. Her research examines how state violence is
legalized, normalized, and contested, with a focus on Israel and
Palestine.


We discuss her project State Agents on Trial, analyzing trials of
security forces as sites where the boundaries of legitimate
violence are negotiated. Revital explains how legal frameworks
and media narratives shape which forms of violence are
sanctioned, ignored, or reframed, and reflects on the limits of
law, the role of academia, and the ethical responsibility to
critically engage with state power.


Guest: Revital MadarHost: Shai
Hoffmann


Links:


https://cadmus.eui.eu/entities/publication/f1ca9867-1621-485b-8018-db25f239defa


https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-031-74932-2_122-1


https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1070289X.2023.2259218


https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/conflict-and-society/9/1/arcs090105.xml


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(Video-Snippets), Lea Volz und 365 Sherpas (Redaktion).


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