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Author:
Tigar, Michael E., 1941- author.
Title:
Sensing injustice : a lawyer's life in the battle for change / Michael E. Tigar.
Publisher:
Monthly Review Press,
Copyright Date:
2021]
Description:
520 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Tigar, Michael E.,--1941-
Tigar, Michael E.,--1941-
Lawyers--United States--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Defense (Criminal procedure)--United States.
Civil rights workers.
Defense (Criminal procedure)
Lawyers.
United States.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Growing up among the myths -- Berkeley and beyond -- What was taught, and what was learned -- Washington -- unemployment compensation -- Like a bird on a wire -- Civil wrongs -- Draft board days and nights -- Military justice is to justice . . . -- Chicago Blues, Seattle Times, Free Angela -- Connecting life, law, and social change -- By any means necessary -- Speech plus -- Death -- and that's final -- Politics not as usual -- Human and global rights -- What to do while enjoying Medicare -- Envoi.
Summary:
""Sensing Injustice: A Lawyer's Life in the Battle for Change" combines Michael Tigar's wry legal and societal observations with his analysis of landmark civil rights and international justice cases on which he, as an attorney, worked . The result is a narrative that blends law, history, and progressive politics"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1583679219
9781583679210
1583679200
9781583679203
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1201653097
LCCN:
2020057840
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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