Defending the Public Enemy No 240, 2012/3 - pagesPages 3 to 7Defense on Trial. Being the Devil’s Advocate in the 20th CenturyBy Liora Israël, Maria MalatestaPages 9 to 27“The Law as Means, Politics as Ends”: Communist Lawyers in the “Fight Against Repression” during the Cold WarBy Vanessa CodaccioniPages 29 to 47The Chicago Eight Trial (1969–1970): Deconstructing the Image of Public EnemiesBy Marianne DebouzyPages 49 to 65Human Rights as a Means to a Political Struggle: Lawyers during the Northern Irish Troubles (1970–2000)By Paolo GhedaPages 67 to 84Defending the Defender of the Public Enemy: The Croissant AffairBy Liora IsraëlPages 85 to 103Militant Defenses: Lawyers and Political Violence in Italy during the 1970s and 1980sBy Maria MalatestaPages 105 to 120Defending “Terrorists” in France of 1935: The Lawyer of the “Croatian Oustachis”By Frédéric MonierPages 121 to 135Defending Algerian Nationalists in the Fight for Independence: The Issue of the “Rupture Strategy”By Sylvie ThénaultPages 137 to 159ReviewsPages 161 to 166Information and Initiatives