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Mythologies of state and monopoly power / Michael E. Tigar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tigar, Michael E., 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States.
- Law.
- Justice, Administration of--United States.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Human rights--United States.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (94 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Monthly Review Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- An analysis of the mythologies that influence the American legal system "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.
- Contents:
- Introduction : mythologies, mental shortcuts, rationalizations, impressions
- Mythologies of racism
- Mythologies of criminal justice
- Mythologies of free expression
- Mythologies of worker rights
- Mythologies of international human rights.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-58367-745-3
- OCLC:
- 1048657170
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