Mythologies, writes veteran human rights lawyer Michael Tigar, are structures of words and images that portray people, institutions, and events in ways that mask an underlying reality. For instance, the Justice Department appears, by its very nature and practice, to appropriate justice as the exclusive property of the federal government. In his brilliantly acerbic collection of essays, Tigar reveals, deconstructs, and eviscerates mythologies surrounding the U.S. criminal justice system, racism, free expression, workers' rights, and international human rights. Lawyers confront mythologies in the context of their profession. But the struggle for human liberation makes mythology-busting the business of all of us. The rights we have learned to demand are not only trivialized in our current system of social relations; they are, in fact, antithetical to that system. With wit and eloquence, Michael Tigar draws on legal cases, philosophy, literature, and fifty-years' experience as an attorney, activist, and teacher to bust the mythologies and to argue for real change. Praise for Michael Tigar's legal career: Tireless striving for justice stretches his arms towards perfection. -William J. Brennan, Supreme Court Justice
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
ISBN-13
9781583677421
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13046400672
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mythologies of State and Monopoly Power
Author
Michael E. Tigar
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Law, Memorials
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael E. Tigar
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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