In the Teeth of the Wind: A Study of Power and How to Fight It [Paperback]

Shelly Waxman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2002

It is hard to believe some of the stories related here happened in the "Land of the Free"--but, unfortunately, they did. The Chapters are pot-boilers. A sample chapter ("Some Call it Murder--A Case of J. Edgar's Paranoia) starts off with a cop listening to wiretaps, only to discover that a prominent politician's wife has killed their daughter. A setup ensue. "Everything in this book is true and provable, except my opinions," Waxman claims. Interesting stuff.

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About the Author

Shelly Waxman is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney from Chicago, who has practiced law for 37 years and has been on the inside of many unusual cases, involving many unusual people.

Product Details

• Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (April 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595220177
• ISBN-13: 978-0595220175
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,977,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre to historic accounts kept me reading, July 20, 2002

By 

Michael Linksvayer (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Teeth of the Wind: A Study of Power and How to Fight It (Paperback)

In a series of case-centered vignettes that range from bizarre to historic
(often both), establishment-turned-rebel lawyer Shelly Waxman intends
to expose massive and unfortunately routine corruption and unfairness
in the legal system and the threat these pose to our freedom. This he
does, in spades. However, the book is also a treasure trove of slices of
"unknown" history. Spooks, Chicago "plumbers" (in Latin America they'd
be called right-wing death squads, no?), Black Panthers, the Belanco
Religious Order, IRS hearings -- 'tis amazing what Waxman encountered
and became entangled in over the course of one career. At times I wished
Waxman had an editor. By book end, I only wanted more. Waxman's stranger
than fiction true stories and crunchy, biting, learned-the-hard-way
observations about power, corruption and freedom had me hooked.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the Teeth of the Wind: A Study of Power and How to . . ., May 29, 2002

By 

William H. Bradley (South Haven, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Teeth of the Wind: A Study of Power and How to Fight It (Paperback)

This book is interesting, informative and easy to read.

If you've ever had contact with what we are pleased to call the 'Justice System' in this country, you were probably not pleased with the results. Well, this book shows you that it is even worse than you thought. Written in shirt sleeve english, it is a series of short stories by a former insider, exposing the failures of the government and our justice system to provide justice. In a simple and interesting style, the book gives example after example of what happens to the little guy when people with access to the levers of power want a particular result from the 'Justice System.' Contains some thoughtful insights on our personal freedom or whats left of it, reforming our laws, and how we will do business with each other in the future. I enjoyed it and I think you will too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JUSTICE, NOT JUST US, May 1, 2002

By 

R. J. Tavel, JD (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Teeth of the Wind: A Study of Power and How to Fight It (Paperback)

"In the Teeth of the Wind' should be of interest to the estimated 70 million Americans who have been termed "tax protestors" at one time or another, and to the more than 110 million Americans who are disaffected, and in all other ways turned off, by the Government and its process.

Waxman's insightful, insider tales of woe reveal that "ethics in action" has become ethic's inaction, and 'due process' has become DO process, as the reader begins "to realize that the thing that most oppresses people is the law."

Ironically turning the phrase of Associate Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said that the "jury should render its verdict in the teeth of the law," Waxman attests to the devolution of the practice of law, and the descent and decay of all legal process to the putrid state it's in today. I'm glad I read this book! I hope millions of others will read it and take action to stop the degeneration of our once great nation.

For Liberty in Our Lifetime, R.J. Tavel, J.D. Founder: Liberty's Educational Advocacy Forum at Freedomlaw.com promoting 'action that raises the cost of State violence for its perpetrators . . . lay(ing) the basis for institutional change.' [Noam Chomsky]