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| The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice | 
 enlarge | Authors: Paul Craig Roberts, Lawrence M. Stratton
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 107653
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0307396061
Dewey Decimal Number: 340
EAN: 9780307396068
ASIN: 0307396061
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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In this updated and expanded edition of The Tyranny of Good Intentions, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton renew their valiant campaign to reclaim that which is rightly ours?liberty protected by the rule of law. They show how crusading legislators and unfair prosecutors are remaking American law into a weapon wielded by the government and how the erosion of the legal principles we hold dear?such as habeas corpus and the prohibition against self-incrimination?is destroying the presumption of innocence. A new introduction and new chapters cover recent marquee cases and make this provocative book essential reading for anyone who cringes at the thought of unbridled state power and sees our civil liberties slowly slipping away in the name of the War on Drugs, the War on Crime, and the War on Terror.
Amazon.com Review
The authors of The New Color Line return with another libertarian polemic, this time taking aim at a justice system that has lost sight of its most important goals. Paul Craig Roberts and LawrenceM. Stratton warn of a "police state that is creeping up on us from many directions." There's the war on drugs, which makes it possible for federal agents to investigate people simply for carrying large amounts of cash. There's the crusade against white-collar crime, which has turned the plea bargain into an enemy of the truth. And there's outright misconduct, abetted by prosecutors more interested in compiling long lists of indictments than ensuring the fair treatment of all suspects. The Tyranny of Good Intentions is replete with examples of how government treads on freedom through ill-willed prosecution and faceless bureaucracy. The book's overpowering sense of disaffection sometimes leads to alarmist prose: "We the People have vanished. Our place has been taken by wise men and anointed elites." The authors are swift to suggest that America, barring "an intellectual rebirth," may yet go the way of "German Nazis and Soviet communists." Yet The Tyranny of Good Intentions is nothing if not well intended; it is full of passion and always on the attack, whether the writers are taking on racial quotas, wetland regulations, or any number of policies they find objectionable. In a jacket blurb, libertarian icon Milton Friedman calls it "a devastating indictment of our current system of justice." Roberts and Stratton, although right-leaning in many of their political sympathies, will probably find plenty of fans on ACLU-left--and anybody who cringes at the thought of unbridled state power. If the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, consider this book an atlas. --JohnJ. Miller
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 Excellent seller November 3, 2008
Book was exactly as described and arrived in a very timely manner. I am very impressed and would purchase from this seller any time.
Must-read for law students and law enforcement October 22, 2008
This book should be a must-read for every first-year law student as well as for those in law enforcement at all levels. Roberts and Stratton make the case for how law enforcement and the courts trample the rights of citizens and endanger the public safety, not to mention destroying our founding document, the Constitution of the U.S. Be prepared to get angry at the unfairness dealt to ordinary, law-abiding citizens who cannot possibly know every nuance of every law passed by every community and state in the U.S., let alone the constantly changing federal law. This book will both outrage and inform the ordinary citizen.
 Solid September 13, 2008
Unaware of Robert & Stratton's book until recently, I had written many articles on government abuses, including articles about the improper use of civil forfeiture, criminal indictments, grand jury proceedings, foreign intelligence surveillance, and signing statements. (Google my name or go to www.jvbline.org.)
R & S's book simply confirms what my independent research had shown and what must now be viewed as established beyond a reasonable doubt: our democratic ideals have been consumed by government overreach.
"The Tyranny of Good Intentions" is a wonderful resource and R & S show their deep patriotism (a word as much abused nowadays as government powers are). I liked the approach the authors took of going back to Blackstone and the "Rights of Englishmen." I also enjoyed their discussion of Jeremy Bentham, whose utilitarianism they claim was the start of the downfall of our republic. I agree with R & S about both of these matters.
Few people know that Jeremy Bentham was friends with Aaron Burr, a tidbit which I find fascinating as someone who has long studied the Burr mystery. It was to Bentham that Burr shared his deeply private remarks about his crucifixion by Thomas Jefferson. And Burr seems to have sold himself into Bentham's intellectual spell for a time, but it does not appear that Burr personally adopted any of Bentham'e views.
In any event, R & S's book is important and although I don't share their views (as far as I can discern them) on corporations (they appear to hold the free market approach, while I think corporations should be banned), among other things, and the authors occasionally descend into rant, the book contains a huge amount of solid research material and well-founded conclusions about what has happened to our democracy.
Jennifer Van Bergen, JD, MSIE Candidate
Author of "The Twilight of Democracy" and "Archetypes for Writers"
Law lecturer, Anglo-American University, Prague, Czech Republic
Tyranny September 8, 2008
The United States Constitution was written to give us, the citizens, our rights to freedom, and to tell the government how they were not to infringe on those rights. Mr.Roberts and Mr.Stratton lay out how power hungry government employees, yes our employees, from the local to federal level, have reinterpreted the law and are now using it against us. How have our government's various wars, from the war on drugs to the war on terror, been absolute failures? How have these wars actually been used as a weapon against our rights? Learn here. Governments have historically become more abusive over time, and ours is no different. This is an eye opener that tells us where we've been, what we have become, and what our future holds if we continue on the same path. The credentials of the authors only adds to the forcefulness of this message.
 Tranny of good intentions May 26, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Tranny of good intentions was a ground-breaking Danish movie that blurred the borders between pornography and Kierkegaard's moral philosophy... It is surprising to see the title changed by a "y" but, nonetheless, very encouraging to read "good intentions" as a motivation description of the "sheeple", the "evil government" and the other enemies of the "trufers"... Mr Roberts' creation shines with unintentional ironies and unforeseen vignettes of simplistic brilliance...
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