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9780759106420

Contempt of Court A Scholar's Battle for Free Speech from Behind Bars

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  • ISBN13:

    9780759106420

  • ISBN10:

    0759106428

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-22
  • Publisher: AltaMira Press

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Summary

In 1993 Rik Scarce was imprisoned for refusing to testify to a federal grand jury about his interviews with animal rights activists who had broken into a research laboratory. This retelling of his incarceration and his ethical stance is a painful, rare glimpse of the jail world, and will be essential reading for those concerned with American criminal justice and civil liberties. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Rik Scarce is professor in the Department of Sociology At Skidmore College

Table of Contents

Foreword: Fighting the Good Fight
Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler
ix
Acknowledgments xv
Cast of Characters and Glossary xix
1 A Sense of Justice 1(22)
2 Kicking Uncle Sam's Ass 23(50)
3 Find Me Some Amendments 73(48)
4 The Meaning of Devotion 121(30)
5 I'd Gladly Die Right Now 151(24)
6 Joint Joints 175(20)
7 A Final Rollup 195(8)
8 Some Things Do Not Come to Pass 203(14)
Notes 217(4)
Credits 221(2)
About the Author 223

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