"Lawyer Srdja Popovic's documents and comments collected in this book testify th at crucial traits of an epoch - and not

only of the epoch itself, but also of it s historical roots and projections - can be successfully evaluated only from the angle of existing legislation and legal pathology of political trials. The book encompasses the period of eighteen years (1971-1988) and refers to the trials f or the crime of hostile propaganda and similar crimes, to banned books, magazine s and newspapers, and to appeals and petitions in the cases in which Srdja Popov ic was defense lawyer, legal representative and even the accused party. "With his superb professionalism and ethic integrity, Srdja Popovic has always s tood against - should we inverse one of Popper's statements - 'political miracle s, taboo superstition, chocking of truth' or overt violence. Therefore, his defe nses provide valuable, even irreplaceable material for measuring the extent to w hich law and judiciary relate to citizens' freedoms," wrote, among other things, Popovic's colleague, Slobodan Beljanski, in the preface. CHRONICLES 17, Vol. II The Last Instance by Srdja Popovic

"Lawyer Srdja Popovic's documents and comments collected in this book testify th at crucial traits of an epoch - and not only of the epoch itself, but also of it s historical roots and projections - can be successfully evaluated only from the angle of existing legislation and legal pathology of political trials. The book encompasses the period of eighteen years (1971-1988) and refers to the trials f or the crime of hostile propaganda and similar crimes, to banned books, magazine s and newspapers, and to appeals and petitions in the cases in which Srdja Popov ic was defense lawyer, legal representative and even the accused party. "With his superb professionalism and ethic integrity, Srdja Popovic has always s tood against - should we inverse one of Popper's statements - 'political miracle s, taboo superstition, chocking of truth' or overt violence. Therefore, his defe nses provide valuable, even irreplaceable material for measuring the extent to w hich law and judiciary relate to citizens' freedoms," wrote, among other things, Popovic's colleague, Slobodan Beljanski, in the preface. CHRONICLES 17, Vol. III The Last Instance by Srdja Popovic

"Lawyer Srdja Popovic's documents and comments collected in this book testify th at crucial traits of an epoch - and not only of the epoch itself, but also of it s historical roots and projections - can be successfully evaluated only from the angle of existing legislation and legal pathology of political trials. The book encompasses the period of eighteen years (1971-1988) and refers to the trials f or the crime of hostile propaganda and similar crimes, to banned books, magazine s and newspapers, and to appeals and petitions in the cases in which Srdja Popov ic was defense lawyer, legal representative and even the accused party. "With his superb professionalism and ethic integrity, Srdja Popovic has always s

tood against - should we inverse one of Popper's statements - 'political miracle s, taboo superstition, chocking of truth' or overt violence. Therefore, his defe nses provide valuable, even irreplaceable material for measuring the extent to w hich law and judiciary relate to citizens' freedoms," wrote, among other things, Popovic's colleague, Slobodan Beljanski, in the preface.