Jailhouse Lawyers

by Abu-Jamal, Mumia

• ISBN13: 9780872864696
• ISBN10: 0872864693
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: CONSORTIUM BOOK SALES & DIST

Summary

"Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system. . . . His writings are dangerous."- The Village VoiceIn Jailhouse Lawyers , award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have learned to use the court system to represent other prisoners-many uneducated or illiterate-and, in some cases, to win their freedom. In Abu-Jamalrs"s words, "This is the story of law learned, not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but] in the bowels of the slave-ship, in the dank dungeons of America."Includes an introduction by Angela Y. Davis.Mumia Abu-Jamal rs"s books include Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Foreword	p. 13
Note from the U.K. Publisher	p. 21
Preface	p. 27
Learning the Law	p. 35
What "the Law" Is	p. 51
When Jailhouse Lawyers "Represent"	p. 73
What about Street Lawyers?	p. 117
The Jailhouse Lawyering of Mayberry	p. 151
A Woman's Work in State Hell	p. 167
The Ruiz Effect: How One Jailhouse Lawyer Made Change in Texas	p. 185
From "Social Prisoner" to Jailhouse Lawyers to Revolutionary: Ed Mead's Journey	p. 191
Jailhouse Lawyers on Jailhouse Lawyers	p. 205
The Best of the Best	p. 217
The Worst of the Worst	p. 233
The Social Role of Jailhouse Lawyers	p. 243
Afterword	p. 249
	p. 255
	p. 260
Endnotes	p. 265
Index	p. 279
About the Authors	p. 288
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