Up Against The Law

Author : Luca Falciola
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781469670300

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As protest movements took to the streets during the 1960s and 1970s, a group of lawyers joined forces with America's most confrontational activists. In pursuit of radical change themselves, these militant attorneys went beyond providing mere representation. They identified with their clients, defied the habits of a conservative profession, and formulated a corrosive critique of the legal system, questioning the neutrality and transformative power of law. While exploiting the courtrooms as political forums, they developed aggressive litigation strategies and became involved with the organization of protest. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, historian Luca Falciola reconstructs this largely unmapped phenomenon and challenges the reader to think anew about the pivotal role of lawyers in social movements. At the heart of this book is the story of the National Lawyers Guild. Founded in 1937, the Guild represented the first integrated and progressive bar association of America. The Guild returned to prominence in the early 1960s, at the vanguard providing legal aid to civil rights workers in the South. Since then, leftist students, disobedient soldiers, rebellious inmates, radical minorities, and revolutionary groups such as the Black Panther Party and the Weather Underground have relied on this cadre of sympathetic lawyers to defend and empower them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Justice, Administration of
ISBN : OCLC:70747757

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Up Against the Law by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kari Dunn Buron
Publisher : AAPC Publishing
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 1931282358

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A 5 Is Against the Law! by Kari Dunn Buron Pdf

A guide to social interaction for autistic young people provides a five-point scale to help in determining what behavior is acceptable and gives examples of different behaviors and how they appear to others.

Author : Ching Kwan Lee
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520250970

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Author : Luca Falciola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1469670283

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Up Against the Law by Luca Falciola Pdf

As protest movements took to the streets during the 1960s and 1970s, a group of lawyers joined forces with America's most confrontational activists. In pursuit of radical change themselves, these militant attorneys went beyond providing mere representation. They identified with their clients, defied the habits of a conservative profession, and formulated a corrosive critique of the legal system, questioning the neutrality and transformative power of law. While exploiting the courtrooms as political forums, they developed aggressive litigation strategies and became involved with the organization of protest. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, historian Luca Falciola reconstructs this largely unmapped phenomenon and challenges the reader to think anew about the pivotal role of lawyers in social movements. At the heart of this book is the story is the National Lawyers Guild. Founded in 1937, the Guild represented the first integrated and progressive bar association of America. The Guild returned to prominence in the early 1960s, at the vanguard providing legal aid to civil rights workers in the South. Since then, leftist students, disobedient soldiers, rebellious inmates, radical minorities, and revolutionary groups such as the Black Panther Party and the Weather Underground have relied on this cadre of sympathetic lawyers to defend and empower them.

Author : Paul F. Campos,Pierre Schlag,Steven Douglas Smith
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 0822318415

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Against the Law by Paul F. Campos,Pierre Schlag,Steven Douglas Smith Pdf

A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional representations of the legal system that are articulated and defended by American legal scholars. Unorthodox, irreverent, and provocative, Against the Law demonstrates that for many in the legal community, law has become a kind of substitute religion--an essentially idolatrous practice composed of systematic self-misrepresentation and self-deception. Linked by a persistent inquiry into the nature and identity of "the law," these essays are informed by the conviction that the conventional representations of law, both in law schools and the courts, cannot be taken at face value--that the law, as commonly conceived, makes no sense. The authors argue that the relentlessly normative prescriptions of American legal thinkers are frequently futile and, indeed, often pernicious. They also argue that the failure to recognize the role that authorship must play in the production of legal thought plagues both the teaching and the practice of American law. Ranging from the institutional to the psychological and metaphysical deficiencies of the American legal system, the depth of criticism offered by Against the Law is unprecedented. In a departure from the nearly universal legitimating and reformist tendencies of American legal thought, this book will be of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. More particularly, it will engage all the American lawyers who suspect that there is something very wrong with the nature and direction of their profession, law students who anticipate becoming part of that profession, and those readers concerned with the status of the American legal system.

Author : Christopher Hill
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788736800

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Liberty Against the Law by Christopher Hill Pdf

A classic study of popular resistance to the momentous changes of 17th century England In 17th Century England, the law was not an instrument of justice - it was an instrument of oppression. The enclosures of common land, loss of many traditional rights and draconian punishments for minor transgressions changed the lives of the peasantry and created a landless class of wage labourers. In this, the last book published during his lifetime, renowned historian of the English Revolution Christopher Hill explores the immense social changes that occurred and the expressions of liberty against the law through the literary culture of the times and the hero-worship of the outlaw. As well as chapters on gypsies and vagabonds, Hill analyses class, religion and the shift away from the importance of the church after the Reformation. Liberty Against the Law is a late classic of Hill's work, and essential reading for anyone interested in the history and politics of the 17th Century.

Author : Christopher Hill
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788736824

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Liberty Against the Law by Christopher Hill Pdf

A classic study of popular resistance to the momentous changes of 17th century England In 17th Century England, the law was not an instrument of justice - it was an instrument of oppression. The enclosures of common land, loss of many traditional rights and draconian punishments for minor transgressions changed the lives of the peasantry and created a landless class of wage labourers. In this, the last book published during his lifetime, renowned historian of the English Revolution Christopher Hill explores the immense social changes that occurred and the expressions of liberty against the law through the literary culture of the times and the hero-worship of the outlaw. As well as chapters on gypsies and vagabonds, Hill analyses class, religion and the shift away from the importance of the church after the Reformation. Liberty Against the Law is a late classic of Hill's work, and essential reading for anyone interested in the history and politics of the 17th Century.

Author : Olivier Corten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509949014

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The Law Against War by Olivier Corten Pdf

Praise for previous edition: “...a comprehensive, meticulously-researched study of contemporary international law governing the use of armed force in international relations...' Andrew Garwood-Gowers, Queensland University of Technology Law Review, Volume 12(2) When this first English language edition of The Law Against War published it quickly established itself as a classic. Detailed, analytically rigorous and comprehensive, it provided an indispensable guide to the legal framework regulating the use of force. Now a decade on the much anticipated new edition brings the work up to date. It looks at new precedents arising from the Arab Spring; the struggle against the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria; and the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen. It also reflects the new doctrinal debates surrounding recent state practice. Previous positions are reconsidered and in some cases revised, notably the question of consensual intervention and the very definition of force, particularly, to accommodate targeted extrajudicial executions and cyber-operations. Finally, the new edition provides detailed coverage of the concept of self-defense, reflecting recent interpretations of the International Court of Justice and the ongoing controversies surrounding its definition and interpretation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:35112105001137

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The Law Library by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Helvarg
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1555663281

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The War Against the Greens by David Helvarg Pdf

A reign of violence and intimidation, including arson, bombings, rape, assault and even murder has been unleashed against environmental activists and government employees by proponents of the so-called "Wise Use" movement. The War Against the Greens rips the veneer of legitimacy off this right-wing backlash that stretches from armed Militias to the halls of Congress, exposing the public lands corporations, political operatives and fringe groups who have set out to destroy America's environmental protections by any means necessary. In this updated edition, Helvarg revealed how the petroleum-heavy George W. Bush administration helped expand the backlash, bringing the same individuals and industries into alliance with big oil and the Republican Party, ending an era of bipartisan progress. This is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the history behind the science denial, corruption, and public lands debacles that mark the Trump era.

Author : Henry St. George Tucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X030729578

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Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia by Henry St. George Tucker Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : OSU:32437121367409

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The Law Journal Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patricia Ewick,Susan S. Silbey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226212708

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The Common Place of Law by Patricia Ewick,Susan S. Silbey Pdf

Why do some people not hesitate to call the police to quiet a barking dog in the middle of the night, while others accept the pain and losses associated with defective products, unsuccesful surgery, and discrimination? Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey collected accounts of the law from more than four hundred people of diverse backgrounds in order to explore the different ways that people use and experience it. Their fascinating and original study identifies three common narratives of law that are captured in the stories people tell. One narrative is based on an idea of the law as magisterial and remote. Another views the law as a game with rules that can be manipulated to one's advantage. A third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power that is actively resisted. Drawing on these extensive case studies, Ewick and Silbey present individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent and compelling theory of legality. A groundbreaking study of law and narrative, The Common Place of Law depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the center of daily life.

Author : Gary D. Solis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139487115

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The Law of Armed Conflict by Gary D. Solis Pdf

The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War introduces law students and undergraduates to the law of war in an age of terrorism. What law of armed conflict/international humanitarian law applies to particular armed conflicts? Does that law apply to terrorists as well? What is the status of participants in an armed conflict? What constitutes a war crime? What is a lawful target and how are targeting decisions made? What are rules of engagement? What weapons are lawful and unlawful, and why? This text takes the reader through these essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law to an awareness of finer points of battlefield law. The U.S.-weighted text incorporates lessons from many nations and includes hundreds of cases from jurisdictions worldwide.