Lawyer, Scholar, Teacher and Activist
Author | : Robert Morgan [eds] Neil Kaplan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2021-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780957215399 |
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Author | : Robert Morgan [eds] Neil Kaplan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2021-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780957215399 |
Author | : Douglas Dale McFarland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jerome A. Cohen |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-12-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0231561040 |
Few Americans have done more than Jerome A. Cohen to advance the rule of law in East Asia. The founder of the study of Chinese law in the United States and a tireless advocate for human rights, Cohen has been a scholar, teacher, lawyer, and activist for more than sixty years. Moving among the United States, China, and Taiwan, he has encouraged legal reforms, promoted economic cooperation, mentored law students—including a future president of Taiwan—and brokered international crises. In this compelling, conversational memoir, Cohen recounts a dramatic life of striving for a better world from Washington, DC, to Beijing, offering vital first-hand insights from the study and practice of Sino-American relations. In the early 1960s, when Americans were not permitted to enter China, he met with émigrés in Hong Kong and interviewed them on Chinese criminal procedure. After economic reform under Deng Xiaoping, Cohen’s knowledge of Chinese law took on a new importance as foreign companies began to pursue business opportunities. Helping China develop and reconstruct its legal system, he made an influential case for the roles of Western law and lawyers. Cohen helped break political barriers in both China and Taiwan, and he was instrumental in securing the release of political prisoners in several countries. Sharing these experiences and many others, this book tells the full story of an unparalleled career bridging East and West.
Author | : Michael Meltsner |
Publisher | : Quid Pro Books |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2018-03-26 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1610277775 |
Growing up in a Depression battered family, one tangled by a mortal secret, With Passion tells the improbable story of an unsung hero of the civil rights movement who thought of himself as a miscast lawyer but ended up defending peaceful protesters, representing Mohammad Ali, suing Robert Moses, counseling Lenny Bruce, bringing the case that integrated hundreds of Southern hospitals and named the principal architect of the death penalty abolition movement in the United States. More than a meditation on often-frustrating legal efforts to fight inequality and racism, Meltsner—also a novelist and playwright—vividly recounts the life of a New York City kid, struggling to make sense of coming of age amidst the tumult of vast demographic and cultural changes in the City. Now available in a quality eBook edition.
Author | : Gerald P. Lopez |
Publisher | : Westview Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1992-07-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael E. Tigar |
Publisher | : Monthly Review Press |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2021-07-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1583679219 |
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.
Author | : David Farquhar Cavers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gloria Ladson-Billings |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 9781433130342 |
This volume highlights Derrick Bell's influence as the first African American to earn tenure at the Harvard Law School and author of Race, Racism, and American Law on a number of prominent education and legal scholars by identifying some of his specific work and how they have used it to inform their own thinking and practice.
Author | : Elliott Robert Barkan |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2001-05-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 157607529X |
This collection of over 400 biographies of eminent ethnic Americans celebrates a wide array of inspiring individuals and their contributions to U.S. history. The stories of these 400 eminent ethnic Americans are a testimony to the enduring power of the American dream. These men and women, from 90 different ethnic groups, certainly faced unequal access to opportunities. Yet they all became renowned artists, writers, political and religious leaders, scientists, and athletes. Kahlil Gibran, Daniel Inouye, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Thurgood Marshall, Madeleine Albright, and many others are living proof that the land of opportunity sometimes lives up to its name. Alongside these success stories, as historian Elliot R. Barkan notes in his introduction to this volume, there have been many failures and many immigrants who did not stay in the United States. Nevertheless, the stories of these trailblazers, visionaries, and champions portray the breadth of possibilities, from organizing a nascent community to winning the Nobel prize. They also provide irrefutable evidence that no single generation and no single cultural heritage can claim credit for what America is.
Author | : Alan M. Dershowitz |
Publisher | : Basic Books (AZ) |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2001-10-17 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780465016310 |
The author offers advice gleaned from his life as a lawyer and scholar to readers seeking fulfillment in their life's work by sharing anecdotes and opinions about ethics, morality, choosing mentors, and dealing with critics.