“Mythologies,” writes veteran human rights lawyer Michael
Tigar, “are structures of words and images that portray people,
institutions, and events in ways that mask an underlying
reality.” For instance, the “Justice Department” appears, by
its very nature and practice, to appropriate “justice” as the
exclusive property of the federal government. In his brilliantly
acerbic collection of essays, Tigar reveals, deconstructs, and
eviscerates mythologies surrounding the U.S. criminal justice
system, racism, free expression, workers’ rights, and
international human rights. Lawyers confront mythologies in the
context of their profession. But the struggle for human liberation
makes mythology-busting the business of all of us. The rights we
have learned to demand are not only trivialized in our current
system of social relations; they are, in fact, antithetical to that
system. With wit and eloquence, Michael Tigar draws on legal cases,
philosophy, literature, and fifty-years’ experience as an
attorney, activist, and teacher to bust the mythologies and to
argue for real change. Praise for Michael Tigar’s legal career:
“Tireless striving for justice stretches his arms towards
perfection.” —William J. Brennan, Supreme Court Justice
General
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