With liberty and justice for some how the law is used to destroy equality and protect the powerful

"From "the most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years" (Bill Moyers), a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that has emerged in AmericaFrom the nation's beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor...

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Main Author: Greenwald, Glenn
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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