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Chapter 12. The space for strategic manoeuvring in adjudicating a freedom of speech case in the Netherlands

The first trial of Geert Wilders
  • Henrike Jansen
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Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics
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Abstract

In this article it is shown that the institutional preconditions of the activity type adjudicating a freedom of speech case leave much room for strategic manoeuvring with topical selection. To this end, an analysis is presented of the argumentation of the District Court in a case against the Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders. In order to show the space for manoeuvring, this argumentation, resulting in acquittal, is compared with the argumentation put forward by the Court of Appeal, which had ordered, after the Public Prosecution Service’s refusal to do so, that Wilders be prosecuted. The analysis shows that the District Court made ample use of the space for manoeuvring provided at the normative level concerning the interpretation of legal rules and case law, and the space provided at the factual level of classifying the contested facts in light of the previously identified meaning of a rule.

Abstract

In this article it is shown that the institutional preconditions of the activity type adjudicating a freedom of speech case leave much room for strategic manoeuvring with topical selection. To this end, an analysis is presented of the argumentation of the District Court in a case against the Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders. In order to show the space for manoeuvring, this argumentation, resulting in acquittal, is compared with the argumentation put forward by the Court of Appeal, which had ordered, after the Public Prosecution Service’s refusal to do so, that Wilders be prosecuted. The analysis shows that the District Court made ample use of the space for manoeuvring provided at the normative level concerning the interpretation of legal rules and case law, and the space provided at the factual level of classifying the contested facts in light of the previously identified meaning of a rule.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics 1
  4. Chapter 2. In what sense do modern argumentation theories relate to Aristotle? 11
  5. Chapter 3. Fallacies as derailments of argumentative discourse 37
  6. Chapter 4. The role of the judge in legal proceedings 59
  7. Chapter 5. Direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs as an argumentative activity type 77
  8. Chapter 6. The strategic function of variants of pragmatic argumentation in health brochures 93
  9. Chapter 7. Argumentation in doctor-patient interaction 109
  10. Chapter 8. Strategic manoeuvring in argumentative discourse in political deliberation 123
  11. Chapter 9. Strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary debate 145
  12. Chapter 10. The strategic use of argumentation from example in plenary debates in the European Parliament 159
  13. Chapter 11. Strategic maneuvering with presentational choices in Dutch parliamentary debate 177
  14. Chapter 12. The space for strategic manoeuvring in adjudicating a freedom of speech case in the Netherlands 193
  15. Chapter 13. Strategic maneuvering by personal attacks at press conferences of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs 225
  16. Chapter 14. Delimiting the burden of proof in political interviews 255
  17. Chapter 15. Strategic manoeuvring with hyperbole in political debate 269
  18. Chapter 16. A pragma-dialectical approach to governmental crisis communication 281
  19. Chapter 17. Strategic maneuvering with presentational choices in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports 309
  20. Chapter 18. Analysing multimodal argumentation within the pragma-dialectical framework 335
  21. Sources of the contributions 361
  22. Index 363
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.12.12jan

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics 1
  4. Chapter 2. In what sense do modern argumentation theories relate to Aristotle? 11
  5. Chapter 3. Fallacies as derailments of argumentative discourse 37
  6. Chapter 4. The role of the judge in legal proceedings 59
  7. Chapter 5. Direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs as an argumentative activity type 77
  8. Chapter 6. The strategic function of variants of pragmatic argumentation in health brochures 93
  9. Chapter 7. Argumentation in doctor-patient interaction 109
  10. Chapter 8. Strategic manoeuvring in argumentative discourse in political deliberation 123
  11. Chapter 9. Strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary debate 145
  12. Chapter 10. The strategic use of argumentation from example in plenary debates in the European Parliament 159
  13. Chapter 11. Strategic maneuvering with presentational choices in Dutch parliamentary debate 177
  14. Chapter 12. The space for strategic manoeuvring in adjudicating a freedom of speech case in the Netherlands 193
  15. Chapter 13. Strategic maneuvering by personal attacks at press conferences of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs 225
  16. Chapter 14. Delimiting the burden of proof in political interviews 255
  17. Chapter 15. Strategic manoeuvring with hyperbole in political debate 269
  18. Chapter 16. A pragma-dialectical approach to governmental crisis communication 281
  19. Chapter 17. Strategic maneuvering with presentational choices in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports 309
  20. Chapter 18. Analysing multimodal argumentation within the pragma-dialectical framework 335
  21. Sources of the contributions 361
  22. Index 363
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