Sensing Injustice (eBook)

A Lawyer's Life in the Battle for Change

Michael E. Tigar (Autor)

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2021 | Main
Monthly Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-58367-922-7 (ISBN)

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The remarkable life of a lawyer at the forefront of civil and human rights since the 1960sBy the time he was 26, Michael Tigar was a legend in legal circles well before he would take on some of the highest-profile cases of his generation. In his first US Supreme Court case-at the age of 28-Tigar won a unanimous victory that freed thousands of Vietnam War resisters from prison. Tigar also led the legal team that secured a judgment against the Pinochet regime for the 1976 murders of Pinochet opponent Orlando Letelier and his colleague Ronni Moffitt in a Washington, DC car bombing. He then worked with the lawyers who prosecuted Pinochet for torture and genocide. A relentless fighter of injustice-not only as a human rights lawyer, but also as a teacher, scholar, journalist, playwright, and comrade-Tigar has been counsel to Angela Davis, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), the Chicago Eight, and leaders of the Black Panther Party, to name only a few. It is past time that Michael Tigar wrote his memoir.Sensing Injustice: A Lawyer's Life in the Battle for Change is a vibrant literary and legal feat. In it, Tigar weaves powerful legal analysis and wry observation through the story of his remarkable life. The result is a compelling narrative that blends law, history, and progressive politics. This is essential reading for lawyers, for law students, for anyone who aspires to bend the law toward change.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Angela Davis • Attorney • Black Panther Party • Black Panthers • Chicago eight • Civil Rights • Genocide • Human Rights • Human Rights Law • Injustice • Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin • Law • lawyer • Legal History • Orlando Letelier • Pinochet • Public Defender • Public Interest • social justice lawyer • US Supreme Court
• ISBN-10: 1-58367-922-7 / 1583679227
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58367-922-7 / 9781583679227