Michael E Tigar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5580325 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael E Tigar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael E |
| FAMILY NAME | Tigar |
| SIGNATURE | TIGAR M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Point Is to Change It
We who are engaged in the struggle for change might ask: "Through what lens of refraction is the evidence of events recalled and related?" If we are to resist the genocidal use of military force, and to oppose the environmental depredation that follows in its wake, we need to see the roots and laws of motion of colonialism and empire
The National Security State
On March 11, 2014, Senator Dianne Feinstein went to the U.S. Senate floor to announce that the CIA had sought to sabotage a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of torture and unlawful detention.... Already, government lawyers had convinced courts that there should be no judicial review of torture and unlawful detention. Such review, it was argued, was beyond the competence of judges, and the executive branch of government needed unfettere…
The Reichstag Fire Trial, 1933-2008
In the opening decade of the twentieth century the German national state united the great majority of the German speaking population of Europe, excluding only those in Switzerland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was among the leading states of the world.It boasted technologically advanced industry, among the highest per capita GDP, and the second largest army and third largest navy in the world.Germany was at peace, save for minor military o…
A System of Wholesale Denial of Rights
As in the past, Americans owe Jean-Claude Paye a debt of gratitude. From his position, as a sociologist in Brussels, he has proven that he can see what is happening in George Bush's and Dick Cheney's America, more clearly perhaps than many who live in the United States....As Paye notes, there are two important aspects to the regime created by the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) and the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). The MCA recogniz…
The Twilight of Personal Liberty
"The law is a mask that the state puts on when it wants to commit some indecency upon the oppressed." I put these words into the mouth of a character in my play "Haymarket: Whose Name the Few Still Say with Tears." Jean-Claude Paye has once again done us a service by showing how those words can come true. In theory, the bourgeois democratic state, as defined in the American constitution, was to operate under two basic principles. The first of the…
Lawyers, Jails, and the Law's Fake Bargains
Assume that Canada and the Western European countries have about the right number of people in jail. Assume that the social problem of crime is not terribly different in those countries than in the United States. Understand that our incarceration rate is five to eight times that of those other countries. If these assumptions, and this understanding, are even nearly valid, 80 percent of the people in American jails should not be there.This article…
Law and The Rise of Capitalism
Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Originally published in 1977 and translated into Spanish, Portugese, Greek, and Chinese, Law and the Rise of Capitalism examines the role of law and lawyers in the European bourgeoisie's conquest of power. From the scattered urban uprisings of the eleventh century to the English and French revolutions, Michael Tigar traces this history using charters, letters, statutes, and other primary sources.Against a backdrop of seven hundred years of bourge…
Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Anti-Politics in America
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Anti-Politics in America
Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Originally published in 1977 and translated into Spanish, Portugese, Greek, and Chinese, Law and the Rise of Capitalism examines the role of law and lawyers in the European bourgeoisie's conquest of power. From the scattered urban uprisings of the eleventh century to the English and French revolutions, Michael Tigar traces this history using charters, letters, statutes, and other primary sources.Against a backdrop of seven hundred years of bourge…
Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Law and The Rise of Capitalism
Lawyers, Jails, and the Law's Fake Bargains
Assume that Canada and the Western European countries have about the right number of people in jail. Assume that the social problem of crime is not terribly different in those countries than in the United States. Understand that our incarceration rate is five to eight times that of those other countries. If these assumptions, and this understanding, are even nearly valid, 80 percent of the people in American jails should not be there.This article…
The Twilight of Personal Liberty
"The law is a mask that the state puts on when it wants to commit some indecency upon the oppressed." I put these words into the mouth of a character in my play "Haymarket: Whose Name the Few Still Say with Tears." Jean-Claude Paye has once again done us a service by showing how those words can come true. In theory, the bourgeois democratic state, as defined in the American constitution, was to operate under two basic principles. The first of the…
A System of Wholesale Denial of Rights
As in the past, Americans owe Jean-Claude Paye a debt of gratitude. From his position, as a sociologist in Brussels, he has proven that he can see what is happening in George Bush's and Dick Cheney's America, more clearly perhaps than many who live in the United States....As Paye notes, there are two important aspects to the regime created by the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) and the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). The MCA recogniz…
The Reichstag Fire Trial, 1933-2008
In the opening decade of the twentieth century the German national state united the great majority of the German speaking population of Europe, excluding only those in Switzerland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was among the leading states of the world.It boasted technologically advanced industry, among the highest per capita GDP, and the second largest army and third largest navy in the world.Germany was at peace, save for minor military o…
The National Security State
On March 11, 2014, Senator Dianne Feinstein went to the U.S. Senate floor to announce that the CIA had sought to sabotage a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of torture and unlawful detention.... Already, government lawyers had convinced courts that there should be no judicial review of torture and unlawful detention. Such review, it was argued, was beyond the competence of judges, and the executive branch of government needed unfettere…
The Point Is to Change It
We who are engaged in the struggle for change might ask: "Through what lens of refraction is the evidence of events recalled and related?" If we are to resist the genocidal use of military force, and to oppose the environmental depredation that follows in its wake, we need to see the roots and laws of motion of colonialism and empire
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Capitalism (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)