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PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-10076152553X

ISBN-139780761525530

eBay Product ID (ePID)19038771420

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Edition4

Book TitleTyranny of Good Intentions : How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicConstitutional, Corruption & Misconduct, General, Public Policy / Social Policy

GenreLaw, Political Science

AuthorPaul Craig Roberts, Lawrence M. Stratton

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight15.1 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.8 in

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LCCN99-054459

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"A devastating indictment of our current system of justice and a call to arms to restore hard-earned protections of human freedom that are now routinely violated by government officials" - Milton Friedman "The Tyranny of Good Intentionsis a bold defense of our fundamental freedoms. It demonstrates that government oppression is not a right-left issue, but rather a universal evil that should be resisted by all free people. It demonstrates why conservatives and liberals who despise tyranny must unite against statists of both the right and the left who falsely believe that partisan ends justify depravations of liberty. . . . When rights are subordinated to government power, the first steps toward tyranny are taken." - Alan Dershowitz, author ofThe Genesis of Justice "InThe Tyranny of Good Intentions,Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence Stratton combine writing talent with their genius for legal analysis to create a much-needed firewall against the current steady erosion of the rights of U.S. citizens." - G. Gordon Liddy "I went to law school to understand law's role in society, but was taught instead that government lawyers should run society from on high with little need to comply with time-honored rules designed to keep them honest and accountable to the society. Roberts and Stratton reveal the roots of the problem. How strange it is that I, a law professor, learned so much about the law from a book whose lead author is an economist." - David Schoenbrod, professor, New York Law School, "A devastating indictment of our current system of justice and a call to arms to restore hard-earned protections of human freedom that are now routinely violated by government officials" - Milton Friedman "The Tyranny of Good Intentions is a bold defense of our fundamental freedoms. It demonstrates that government oppression is not a right-left issue, but rather a universal evil that should be resisted by all free people. It demonstrates why conservatives and liberals who despise tyranny must unite against statists of both the right and the left who falsely believe that partisan ends justify depravations of liberty. . . . When rights are subordinated to government power, the first steps toward tyranny are taken." - Alan Dershowitz, author of The Genesis of Justice "In The Tyranny of Good Intentions, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence Stratton combine writing talent with their genius for legal analysis to create a much-needed firewall against the current steady erosion of the rights of U.S. citizens." - G. Gordon Liddy "I went to law school to understand law's role in society, but was taught instead that government lawyers should run society from on high with little need to comply with time-honored rules designed to keep them honest and accountable to the society. Roberts and Stratton reveal the roots of the problem. How strange it is that I, a law professor, learned so much about the law from a book whose lead author is an economist." - David Schoenbrod, professor, New York Law School

Table Of ContentContents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The New Robber Barons 1. The Law as Shield: The Rights of Englishmen 2. The Law as Weapon: The Trial of Nikolai Bukharin 3. How the Law Was Lost 4. Crimes Without Intent 5. Retroactive Law 6. Reinventing Torture 7. Turning Lawyers into Government Spies: The Demise of the Attorney-Client Privilege 8. Privilege Trumping Rights 9. Forfeiting Justice 10. Ambition over Justice 11. Abdicating Legislative Power 12. What Is to Be Done? Bibliography Cases Index About the Authors

SynopsisThe concept of identity has become widespread within the social and behavioral sciences in recent years, cutting across disciplines from psychiatry and psychology to political science and sociology. All individuals claim particular identities given their roles in society, groups they belong to, and characteristics that describe themselves. Introduced almost 30 years ago, identity theory is a social psychological theory that attempts to understand identities, their sources in interaction and society, their processes of operation, and their consequences for interaction and society from a sociological perspective. This book describes identity theory, its origins, the research that supports it, and its future direction. It covers the relation between identity theory and other related theories, as well as the nature and operation of identities. In addition, the book discusses the multiple identities individuals hold from their multiple positions in society and organizations as well as the multiple identities activated by many people interacting in groups and organizations. And, it covers the manner in which identities offer both stability and change to individuals. Written in an accessible style, Identity Theory makes, step by step, the full range of this powerful new theory understandable to readers at all levels.

LC Classification NumberKF384.R62 2000