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Moving the Bar - My Life as a Radical Lawyer (Paperback)
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Moving the Bar - My Life as a Radical Lawyer (Paperback)
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Michael Ratner (1943-2016) was one of America's leading human
rights lawyers. He worked for more than four decades at the Center
for Constitutional Rights (CCR) becoming first the Director of
Litigation and then the President of what Alexander Cockburn called
"a small band of tigerish people." He was also the President of the
National Lawyers Guild. Ratner handled some of the most significant
cases In American history. This book tells why and how he did it.
His last case, which he worked on until he died, was representing
truth-telling whistleblower and now political prisoner Julian
Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks. Ratner "moved the bar" by
organizing some 600 lawyers to successfully defend habeas corpus,
that is, the ancient right of someone accused of a crime to have a
lawyer and to be brought before a judge. Michael had a piece of
paper taped on the wall next to his desk at the CCR. It read: 4 key
principles of being a radical lawyer: 1. Do not refuse to take a
case just because it is long odds of winning in court. 2. Use cases
to publicize a radical critique of US policy and to promote
revolutionary transformation. 3. Combine legal work with political
advocacy. 4. Love people. Compelling and instructive, Moving the
Bar is an indispensable manual for the next generation of activists
and their lawyers.
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