[ql06] Re: CRIMINAL: Alan Young's new book
- From: "Dawn Livicker" <dlivicker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ql06@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:25:57 -0400
In my former life in publishing I had the "pleasure" of working on the
author contract for this book.
Seeing how the business end of making this book happen went, I learned a
valuable life lesson: heroes aren't always dressed in white, and motives
aren't always what they first appear. One man's principle is another's
publicity stunt. It's a great book, but take the assertions therein with a
grain of salt. As an FYI, the brain behind making the book happen is also
responsible for recruiting the writer for the Karla Homolka book that came
out this spring and for a much earlier book (1995 I believe) of interviews
with Saddam Hussein.
Dawn
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From: Sheldon Erentzen <sheldon.erentzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [ql06] CRIMINAL: Alan Young's new book
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:19:34 -0400
This Saturday's Globe and Mail had a review of Professor Alan Young's
new book "Justice Defiled: Perverts, Potheads, Serial Killer & Lawyers".
For those of you who don't recognize the name, Alan Young is the York
university law professor who seems to get his nose stuck into the more
controversial criminal cases. He's the guy 'representin' in the majority
of the medical pot-smoker cases, as well as having been involved in the
case of the Dominatrixx Terri-Jean Bedford.
His book takes on the criminal code for its unnecessary criminalization
of private, personal conduct that is harmless to others. For those in
Trotter's class, the review makes particular mention of Young's hate of
Canadian obscenity laws which he says "...diminish the solemnity and
significance of the criminal record..." by creating "a permanent
record of shame..." that "... should be reserved for those who have
committed truly shameful acts."
This of course goes to the question of what should actually be
considered criminal that we brushed upon in Trotter's class.
cheers,
Sheldon
"I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere
near the place."
Steven Wright
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