The people's lawyer : the Center for Constitutional Rights and the fight for social justice, from civil rights to Guantanamo / by Albert Ruben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruben, Albert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Public interest law--United States.

Public interest law.

Human rights advocacy--United States.

Human rights advocacy.

Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is hardly a struggle aimed at upholding and extending therights embedded in the U.S. Constitution in which the Centerfor Constitutional Rights (CCR) has not played a central role,and yet few people have ever heard of it. Whether defendingthe rights of black people in the South, opponents of the war inVietnam and victims of torture worldwide, or fighting illegalactions of the U.S. government, the CCR has stood ready totake on all comers, regardless of their power and wealth. Whenthe United States declared that the Constitution did not applyto detainees at Guantanamo, the CCR waded fearle

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1. You Have the Body""; ""2. People�s Lawyer""; ""3. We Were Just Winging It""; ""4. Kinoy""; ""5. Stavis""; ""6. Kunstler""; ""7. Smith""; ""8. Educating""; ""9. Strike""; ""10. Getting Down to Cases""; ""11. Funding""; ""12. Docket Report""; ""Afterword""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""T""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781583672655

1583672656

9781583672648

1583672648

OCLC:

744333874