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1. Truth-Tellers -- 2. In the Beginning -- 3. Days of Law and Rage -- 4. Working for the Judge -- 5. In the Center of the Seventies -- 6. The Reagan Years -- 7. The End of the Twentieth Century -- 8. Guantánamo -- 9. New Projects -- 10. A Visit to Palestine -- 11. Viva Cuba Libre!

Six months after the September 11, 2001, attack on the US, there is a pressing need to end the draconian curtailment of civil liberties in the US that is sure to increase as hate against the US builds due to US military action abroad. Anti-terror laws & restrictions are reviewed, eg, the treatment of suspected terrorists by military tribunals, the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security, racial profiling & the arrests of Middle Eastern men, wiretapping, & expansion of FBI & CIA powers. These new laws erode the US system of checks & balances & breed xenophobia & anti-immigrant sentiment. M. Pflum

Six months after the September 11, 2001, attack on the US, there is a pressing need to end the draconian curtailment of civil liberties in the US that is sure to increase as hate against the US builds due to US military action abroad. Anti-terror laws & restrictions are reviewed, eg, the treatment of suspected terrorists by military tribunals, the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security, racial profiling & the arrests of Middle Eastern men, wiretapping, & expansion of FBI & CIA powers. These new laws erode the US system of checks & balances & breed xenophobia & anti-immigrant sentiment. M. Pflum

While the Court in Troxel v. Granville opines about the problems litigation creates, that of both expense and intrusion into the lives of families in the midst of grandparent visitation disputes, the Court decision falls short of posing a solution. The focus of this note is to propose a standard for mediation as a viable alternative to traditional litigation in such cases. The hope is that mediation will serve the best interests of the child.

Guantanamo and rule by executive fiat -- Abuse and torture -- Guantánamo : testimony and case details -- Military commissions and the Supreme Court

The arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in October 1998 was a wake-up call to tyrants everywhere. The two subsequent rulings by the British House of Lords rejecting his claim of immunity forged legal history. This book traces the legal proceedings in the Pinochet case from the investigation in Spain, through the October 1999 ruling by a London Magistrate that Pinochet could be extradited to Spain, to the final decision to release Pinochet for health reasons. By including the full text of the British judicial decisions as well as the arrest warrants, translations of the key Spanish court rulings, excerpts from the legal arguments put forward by all sides, and commentaries by participants in the case and legal scholars, this volume gives the reader an understanding of the factual, political, and legal context of this historic prosecution

In January and February 1998, various United States officials, including the President, asserted that unless Iraq permitted unconditional access to international weapons inspections, it would face a military attack. The attack was not to be, in Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's words, "a pinprick," but a "significant" military campaign. U.S. officials, citing United Nations Security Council resolutions, insisted that the United States had the authority for the contemplated attack. Representatives of other permanent members of the Security Council believed otherwise; that no resolution of the Council authorized U.S. armed action without its approval. In late February, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan traveled to Baghdad and returned with a memorandum of understanding regarding inspections signed by himself and the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister. On March 2, 1998, the Security Council, in Resolution 1154, unanimously endorsed this memorandum of understanding.

"Includes chapters on what today's activists must know about the threats posed by federal law enforcement agents and their tactics, as well as the actual text of the recently released FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide in which the FBI spells out its approach to policing dissent. Hell No also includes information on several key security practices that offer the best protection from government surveillance and interference. With an introduction on What's Happened to Dissent Today looking at the protests at the Republican National Convention by CCR board chair Michael Ratner and constitutional rights expert Margaret Ratner Kunstler Hell Nois an indispensable tool in the effort to give free speech true meaning in a post-9/11 world"--