Moving the Bar My Life as a Radical Lawyer by Michael Ratner (Paperback Book)

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Michael Ratner (1943\u20132016) was one of America\u2019s leading human rights lawyers. He worked for more than four decades at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) becoming first the Director of Litigation and then the President of what Alexander Cockburn called \u201Ca small band of tigerish people.\u201D He was also the President of the National Lawyers Guild.\nRatner handled some of the most significant cases In American history. This book tells why and how he did it.\nHis last case, which he worked on until he died, was representing truth-telling whistleblower and now political prisoner Julian Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks.\nRatner \u201Cmoved the bar\u201D by organizing some 600 lawyers to successfully defend habeas corpus, that is, the ancient right of someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer and to be\n\nMoving the Bar\nMy Life as a Radical Lawyer\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked ser;