Sensing Injustice
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Sensing Injustice

A Lawyer's Life in the Battle for Change

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eBook - ePub

Sensing Injustice

A Lawyer's Life in the Battle for Change

About this book

The remarkable life of a lawyer at the forefront of civil and human rights since the 1960s By 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.

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Information

Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781583679227
Edition
0
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
  7. Prologue
  8. Chapter 1: Growing Up among the Myths
  9. Chapter 2: Berkeley and Beyond
  10. Chapter 3: What Was Taught, and What Was Learned, In Law School
  11. Chapter 4: Washington—Unemployment Compensation
  12. Chapter 5: Like a Bird on a Wire
  13. Chapter 6: Civil Wrongs
  14. Chapter 7: Draft Board Days and Nights
  15. Chapter 8: Military Justice Is to Justice …
  16. Chapter 9: Chicago Blues, Seattle Times, Free Angela
  17. Chapter 10: Connecting Life, Law, and Social Change
  18. Chapter 11: By Any Means Necessary
  19. Chapter 12: Speech Plus
  20. Chapter 13: Death—and That’s Final
  21. Chapter 14: Politics Not as Usual
  22. Chapter 15: Human and Global Rights
  23. Chapter 16: What to Do While Enjoying Medicare
  24. Chapter 17: Envoi
  25. Notes and Sources
  26. Index