Heroic or pragmatic? The Belgian Judiciary Strike (February-November 1918)
(2010) 35th annual meeting of the Social Science History Association: “Power and Politics” — Location: Chicago (18.November.2011)
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- During World War One, despite difficulties in dealing with the occupying power, belgian courts continued to function, some of them handling an unusually large number of cases. But in February 1918, the Belgian judiciary, following serious conflicts with the occupier, decided to stop operating. This decision, although it was presented in patriotic speeches as a powerful gesture of judges’ resistance to the enemy, had terrible consequences. This paper aims to challenge the “official view” and to renew the interpretation of this event, which has been up to now considered one of the most heroic moments of the war.
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François, A., & Bost, M. (2010). Heroic or pragmatic? The Belgian Judiciary Strike (February-November 1918). 35th annual meeting of the Social Science History Association: “Power and Politics”, Chicago. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/203461