Rights at risk : the limits of liberty in modern America the limits of liberty in modern America / David K Shipler

By:

Shipler, David K, 1942-

Language: English Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2015.Description: xv, 379 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780307947000
0307947009

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

342.7308/5

LOC classification:

KF 4749 S557r 2015

Contents:

Introduction: Insolence of office. Chapter one -- Torture and torment -- Body and mind -- Chicago -- Humane torture by the CIA -- Right to silence -- Confession abroad, trial at home. Chapter two -- Confessing falsely -- Between truth and illusion -- Central Park jogger -- Human lie detectors -- Law slips backward -- Manipulating Miranda -- Remedies. Chapter three -- Assistance of counsel -- Proving innocence -- Location, location, and location -- Conflicts of interest -- Mitigating evidence -- Without representation. Chapter four -- Tilted playing field -- Power of the prosecutor -- Plea bargain -- Sentence -- Revoking probation and forfeiting assets. Chapter five -- Below the law -- Trapdoor -- Narrow escapes -- Orphaned -- Ashcroft sweeps -- Unintended consequences -- Pursuit of happiness. Chapter six -- Silence and its opposite -- Mightier than the sword -- Simply out of fear -- Symbolic speech -- Small violations of large principles -- Punishing without prosecuting. Chapter seven -- Redress of Grievances -- Decorum and dissent -- Police surveillance -- Spies in New York -- Zoning out free speech -- When rights clash. Chapter eight -- Inside the schoolhouse gate -- Tinker's armband -- Tolerating intolerance -- Erosion -- Professors and their discontents -- Security and insecurity -- Beyond the gate. Epilogue -- Constitutional culture.

Summary: With telling anecdote and detail, Pulitzer Prize-winner David K. Shipler explores the territory where the Constitution meets everyday America, where legal compromises -- before and since 9/11 -- have undermined the criminal justice system's fairness, enhanced the executive branch's power over citizens and immigrants, and impaired some of the freewheeling debate and protest essential in a constitutional democracy. Shipler demonstrates how the violations tamper with America's safety in unexpected ways. While a free society takes risks to observe rights, denying rights creates other risks. Often shocking, yet ultimately idealistic. Rights at Risk shows us the shadows of America where the civil liberties we rightly take for granted have been eroded -- and summons us to reclaim them.

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Introduction: Insolence of office. Chapter one --
Torture and torment --
Body and mind --
Chicago --
Humane torture by the CIA --
Right to silence --
Confession abroad, trial at home. Chapter two --
Confessing falsely --
Between truth and illusion --
Central Park jogger --
Human lie detectors --
Law slips backward --
Manipulating Miranda --
Remedies. Chapter three --
Assistance of counsel --
Proving innocence --
Location, location, and location --
Conflicts of interest --
Mitigating evidence --
Without representation. Chapter four --
Tilted playing field --
Power of the prosecutor --
Plea bargain --
Sentence --
Revoking probation and forfeiting assets. Chapter five --
Below the law --
Trapdoor --
Narrow escapes --
Orphaned --
Ashcroft sweeps --
Unintended consequences --
Pursuit of happiness. Chapter six --
Silence and its opposite --
Mightier than the sword --
Simply out of fear --
Symbolic speech --
Small violations of large principles --
Punishing without prosecuting. Chapter seven --
Redress of Grievances --
Decorum and dissent --
Police surveillance --
Spies in New York --
Zoning out free speech --
When rights clash. Chapter eight --
Inside the schoolhouse gate --
Tinker's armband --
Tolerating intolerance --
Erosion --
Professors and their discontents --
Security and insecurity --
Beyond the gate. Epilogue --
Constitutional culture.

With telling anecdote and detail, Pulitzer Prize-winner David K. Shipler explores the territory where the Constitution meets everyday America, where legal compromises -- before and since 9/11 -- have undermined the criminal justice system's fairness, enhanced the executive branch's power over citizens and immigrants, and impaired some of the freewheeling debate and protest essential in a constitutional democracy. Shipler demonstrates how the violations tamper with America's safety in unexpected ways. While a free society takes risks to observe rights, denying rights creates other risks. Often shocking, yet ultimately idealistic. Rights at Risk shows us the shadows of America where the civil liberties we rightly take for granted have been eroded -- and summons us to reclaim them.

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