The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice

Roberts, Paul Craig; Stratton, Lawrence M.

ISBN 10: 0307396061 / ISBN 13: 9780307396068

Published by Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2008

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0307396061I5N00

Synopsis:

In this updated and expanded edition of The Tyranny of Good Intentions, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton renew their valiant campaign to reclaim that which is rightly ours-liberty protected by the rule of law. They show how crusading legislators and unfair prosecutors are remaking American law into a weapon wielded by the government and how the erosion of the legal principles we hold dear-such as habeas corpus and the prohibition against self-incrimination-is destroying the presumption of innocence. A new introduction and new chapters cover recent marquee cases and make this provocative book essential reading for anyone who cringes at the thought of unbridled state power and sees our civil liberties slowly slipping away in the name of the War on Drugs, the War on Crime, and the War on Terror.

About the Author: PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS was assistant secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, a university professor, and an associate editor of The Wall Street Journal. He is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate.

LAWRENCE M. STRATTON is a Ph.D. candidate in Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary and a former adjunct professor of Georgetown University Law Center. He is currently on the adjunct Ethics faculty of Villanova University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How ...
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket