Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law (War and Peace Library) (Paperback)

~ Francis A. Boyle (Author)

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In this compelling book, distinguished activist lawyer Francis Boyle sounds an impassioned clarion call to citizen action against Bush administration policies both domestic and international. Boyle, who has spent his career defending civil resisters, offers the only guide available on how to use international law, constitutional law, and the laws of war to defend peaceful non-violent protesters against governmental policies that are illegal and criminal. He focuses especially on the aftermath of 9/11 and the implications of the war on Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, the war on Iraq, the doctrine of preventive warfare, and the domestic abridgement of civil rights. Including a number of compelling excerpts from his own trial appearances as an expert witness and as counsel, the author offers a how-to manual for protesters who find themselves in court.

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (November 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0742538923
• ISBN-13: 978-0742538924
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #548,298 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you're going to do it, then you need to know how to defend yourself., December 28, 2007

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Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law
If you're seriously contemplating an act of civil resistance to protest GWB's disastrous war, or to protest any portion of the military industrial complex that keeps such wars going, this book is a must read. If you've already committed such an act, then that advice goes double.

Boyle presents a well laid out road map for defense of civil resistors, including how to find an expert in international law to be a witness for your defense at your trial. Along the way you'll read about other courageous protesters such as Ehren Watada. You'll learn not only why what they did was the right thing to do, but why it was the only thing they could do under the circumstances.

This is an incredibly powerful book. If everyone who is against war reads it, then they'll discover that they have the power to stop it. Buy it, read it, take it to the streets. Change the world.