NCJ Number
3096
Date Published
1971
Length
400 pages
Annotation
PORTRAIT OF THE LAW TODAY SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LAW AND ITS VICTIMS.
Abstract
THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME ARGUE THAT THE LAW IS, NOT ONLY IN ITS SUBSTANCE BUT ALSO IN ITS PRACTICE, ANOTHER ARM OF THE STATE WHICH SEEKS TO INHIBIT SOCIAL CHANGE WHILE MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO AND UPHOLDING THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OVER THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE RIGHTS OF DOMINANT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INTERESTS OVER THE RIGHTS OF THE MINORITY AND THE RIGHTS OF THE POWERFUL OVER THE POWERLESS. AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE LEGAL APPARATUS, ITS MYSTIQUE, ITS REMOVAL FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE, TO ENABLE US TO UNDERSTAND IT AS IT IS--DEMYSTIFIED . ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. AUTHOR MODIFIED.