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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well-considered criticism of "criminal justice",
By "promiscuousreader" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Resist Not Evil (Paperback)
Now best known for his defense of a teacher's right to teach evolution in the "Scopes Monkey Trial," Clarence Darrow devoted much of his life in the courtroom to an expert public criticism of the notion of "criminal justice" and of the penal system in the U.S. Rather than focus his energy on "winning" the cases of his clients, he deconstructed conventional conceptions of "blame," "guilt," et al., arguing that punishment itself contributes to the oppressive conditions that produce "crime." Interestingly, he often "won" these cases on the merit of his theory, in spite of giving scant attention to the particulars of the individual cases.This compendium of Darrow's work is an excellent (and extremely well-written) cross-section of his ideas -- a must-read for anyone interested in law, juridical theory, anarchism, etc. |
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Resist Not Evil by Clarence Darrow (Paperback - Dec. 1998)
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