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La prohibición: Un siglo de guerra contra las drogas. De las restricciones al cultivo de opio, coca y cannabis a la intervención de Estados Unidos en Latinoamérica
by ThcEl más completo recorrido por la historia de la prohibición de las drogas, desde las guerras del opio entre China y el Imperio Británico a las actuales guerras narcos, pasando por la Ley Seca, las anfetaminas nazis y el Plan Cóndor. La prohibición es un estado de la cultura. En un mundo que aún se resiste a la legalización, seguir investigando es imprescindible. A través de este recorrido minucioso que va desde las guerras del opio entre China y el Imperio Británico del siglo XIX a las actuales intervenciones de la CIA y la DEA en México y Colombia, pasando por la Ley Seca, el uso de anfetaminas entre las tropas de la Alemania nazi, la cruzada contra el coqueo en los países andinos y el Plan Cóndor, La prohibición tiende un hilo común entre hechos aparentemente inconexos, identifica a los actores relevantes de esta larga saga y plantea una serie de hipótesis sobre cómo es posible que la prohibición de algunas sustancias psicoactivas se haya transformado en la convención represiva más extendida a nivel global, así como en fuente de la mayor y más letal actividad criminal del mundo. «Esta no es una historia de las drogas ni una historia del narcotráfico, es una historia de la Prohibición. El proyecto siempre tuvo un rumbo seguro y límites precisos: retratar y analizar la lucha despiadada contra personas que consumen determinadas sustancias y quienes más se exponen al proveerlas; todo en nombre de una moral racial y colonialista, en beneficio de un complejo entramado médico, policial, judicial, político, militar, industrial, farmacéutico y financiero. La llamada 'guerra a las drogas', sostiene Suppa Altman, constituye un fenómeno moderno regido por el capitalismo y la globalización que se ha ido desmadrando porque nunca acabará. Un negocio cruento. Cuanto más se aprieta, más sangre y dinero sale. El genocidio por goteo de nuestra América y 'el desmadre económico, político y social', como plantea el autor, son factores que justifican una lectura urgente de este trabajo. Las citas de especialistas, informes, leyes locales, convenciones internacionales y libros deben destacarse. Aportan un índice para la búsqueda de información en este mar desconocido de la prohibición, en el que rescata a personajes e investigaciones censuradas para evitar la aplicación de una política de drogas centrada en la evidencia y el respeto por los derechos humanos.»Del prólogo de Emilio Ruchansky
Prohibited Force: The Meaning of ‘Use of Force' in International Law
by null Erin PobjieProhibited 'use of force' under article 2(4) of the UN Charter and customary international law has until now not been clearly defined, despite its central importance in the international legal order and for international peace and security. This book accordingly offers an original framework to identify prohibited uses of force in areas that are usually less studied, such as those that use emerging technology or take place in newer military domains like outer space. In doing so, Erin Pobjie explains the emergence of the customary prohibition and its relationship with article 2(4) and identifies the elements of a prohibited 'use of force'. In a major contribution to the scholarship, the book proposes a framework that defines a 'use of force' in international law and applies this framework to illustrative case studies to demonstrate its usefulness as a tool for students, legal scholars, and practitioners.
The Prohibition Era and Policing: A Legacy of Misregulation
by Wesley M. OliverLegal precedents created during Prohibition have lingered, leaving search-and-seizure law much better defined than limits on police use of force, interrogation practices, or eyewitness identification protocols. An unlawful trunk search is thus guarded against more thoroughly than an unnecessary shooting or a wrongful conviction.Intrusive searches for alcohol during Prohibition destroyed middle-class Americans' faith in police and ushered in a new basis for controlling police conduct. State courts in the 1920s began to exclude perfectly reliable evidence obtained in an illegal search. Then, as Prohibition drew to a close, a presidential commission awakened the public to torture in interrogation rooms, prompting courts to exclude coerced confessions irrespective of whether the technique had produced a reliable statement.Prohibition's scheme lingered long past the Roaring '20s. Racial tensions and police brutality were bigger concerns in the 1960s than illegal searches, yet when the Supreme Court imposed limits on officers' conduct in 1961, searches alone were regulated. Interrogation law during the 1960s, fundamentally reshaped by the Miranda ruling, ensured that suspects who invoked their rights would not be subject to coercive tactics, but did nothing to ensure reliable confessions by those who were questioned. Explicitly recognizing that its decisions excluding evidence had not been well-received, the Court in the 1970s refused to exclude identifications merely because they were made in suggestive lineups. Perhaps a larger project awaits—refocusing our rules of criminal procedure on those concerns from which Prohibition distracted us: conviction accuracy and the use of force by police.
The Prohibition Era and Policing: A Legacy of Misregulation
by Wesley M. OliverLegal precedents created during Prohibition have lingered, leaving search-and-seizure law much better defined than limits on police use of force, interrogation practices, or eyewitness identification protocols. An unlawful trunk search is thus guarded against more thoroughly than an unnecessary shooting or a wrongful conviction. Intrusive searches for alcohol during Prohibition destroyed middle-class Americans' faith in police and ushered in a new basis for controlling police conduct. State courts in the 1920s began to exclude perfectly reliable evidence obtained in an illegal search. Then, as Prohibition drew to a close, a presidential commission awakened the public to torture in interrogation rooms, prompting courts to exclude coerced confessions irrespective of whether the technique had produced a reliable statement. Prohibition's scheme lingered long past the Roaring '20s. Racial tensions and police brutality were bigger concerns in the 1960s than illegal searches, yet when the Supreme Court imposed limits on officers' conduct in 1961, searches alone were regulated. Interrogation law during the 1960s, fundamentally reshaped by the Miranda ruling, ensured that suspects who invoked their rights would not be subject to coercive tactics, but did nothing to ensure reliable confessions by those who were questioned. Explicitly recognizing that its decisions excluding evidence had not been well-received, the Court in the 1970s refused to exclude identifications merely because they were made in suggestive lineups. Perhaps a larger project awaits—refocusing our rules of criminal procedure on those concerns from which Prohibition distracted us: conviction accuracy and the use of force by police.
Prohibition in Atlanta: Temperance, Tiger Kings & White Lightning (American Palate)
by Ron Smith Mary O. BoyleAfter the Civil War, state and national Prohibition galvanized in Atlanta the issues of classism, racism and anti-immigrant sentiment. While many consider flappers and gangsters the iconic images of the era, in reality, it was marked with temperance zealotry, blind tigers and white lightning. Georgia's protracted and intense battle changed the industrial and social landscapes of its capital city and unleashed a flood of illegal liquor that continually flowed in the wettest city in the South. Moonshine was the toast of the town from mill houses to the state capitol. The state eventually repealed prohibition, but the social, moral and legal repercussions still linger seventy years later. Join authors Ron Smith and Mary O. Boyle as they recount the colorful history of Atlanta's struggle to freely enjoy a drink.
Prohibition, the Constitution, and States' Rights
by Sean BeienburgColorado’s legalization of marijuana spurred intense debate about the extent to which the Constitution preempts state-enacted laws and statutes. Colorado’s legal cannabis program generated a strange scenario in which many politicians, including many who freely invoke the Tenth Amendment, seemed to be attacking the progressive state for asserting states’ rights. Unusual as this may seem, this has happened before—in the early part of the twentieth century, as America concluded a decades-long struggle over the suppression of alcohol during Prohibition. Sean Beienburg recovers a largely forgotten constitutional debate, revealing how Prohibition became a battlefield on which skirmishes of American political development, including the debate over federalism and states’ rights, were fought. Beienburg focuses on the massive extension of federal authority involved in Prohibition and the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, describing the roles and reactions of not just Congress, the presidents, and the Supreme Court but political actors throughout the states, who jockeyed with one another to claim fidelity to the Tenth Amendment while reviling nationalism and nullification alike. The most comprehensive treatment of the constitutional debate over Prohibition to date, the book concludes with a discussion of the parallels and differences between Prohibition in the 1920s and debates about the legalization of marijuana today.
Project Animal Farm: An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming and the Truth About Our Food
by Sonia FaruqiBorn out of a global expedition fearlessly undertaken by a young woman, Project Animal Farm offers a riveting and revealing look at what truly happens behind farm doors. Sonia Faruqi, an Ivy League graduate and investment banker, had no idea that the night she arrived at the doorstep of a dairy farm would mark the beginning of a journey that would ultimately wind all the way around the world. Instead of turning away from the animal cruelty she came to witness, Sonia made the most courageous decision of her life: a commitment to change things. Driven by impulsive will and searing passion, Sonia left behind everything she knew and loved to search the planet for solutions to benefit animals, human health, and the environment. Over the course of living with farmers, hitchhiking with strangers, and risking her life, she developed surprising insights and solutions--both about the food industry and herself. Lively and heartfelt, Sonia takes readers on an unforgettable adventure from top-secret egg warehouses in Canada to dairy feedlots in the United States, from farm offices in Mexico to lush pastures in Belize, from flocks of village chickens in Indonesia to factory farms in Malaysia. Revelatory in scope, Project Animal Farm illuminates a hidden world that plays a part in all of our lives.
Project Censored Guide to Independent Media and Activism (Open Media Series)
by Peter PhillipsThe independent media are arguably more important than ever today, as corporate media's line reads increasingly like a government press release rather than a free society's analysis of the day's important events. But there's a lot to sort through: Independent newsmagazines and newspapers, local cable-TV access, and independent and microtransmitted radio are everywhere, offering a vast array of news, opinions, and information. New Indymedia activists alone now have direct links to more than sixty-five grassroots news sites around the world. The challenge we are faced with is two-fold: We must make these news sources widely accessible, but we must also find ways to compile, sort, and collectively release this real news to millions of people--a project that this invaluable guide for diversifying your access to information can make much more achievable.
Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2021
by Mickey Huff Andy Lee Roth Matt TaibbiThe new and improved "Censored," detailing the top censored stories and media analysis of 2020.Our nation's oldest news-monitoring group, Project Censored, refreshes its longstanding yearbook series, Censored, with State of the Free Press 2021. This edition offers a more succinct and comprehensive survey of the most important but underreported news stories of 2020; in addition to a comparative analysis of the current state of corporate and independent news media, and its effect on democracy. The establishment media sustains a decrepit post-truth era, as examined the lowlight features: "Junk Food News"-frivolous stories that distract the public from actual news-and-"News Abuse"-important stories covered in ways that undermine public understanding. The alternative media provokes a burgeoning critical media literacy age, as evaluated in the highlight feature: "Media Democracy in Action"-relevant stories responsibly reported on by independent organizations. Finally, in an homage to the history of the annual report, the editors reinstate the "Déjà vu News" feature-revisited stories from previous editions. State of the Free Press 2021 endows readers with the critical thinking and media literacy skills required to hold the corporate media to account for distorting or censoring news coverage, and thus, to revitalize our democracy.
Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2022
by Andy Lee Roth Mickey HuffAs the United States grapples with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the nation&’s living legacy of systemic racism, and partisan threats to the foundations of democracy, the integrity of news and Project Censored's survey of underreported news stories has never been more important.This 2022 edition of Project Censored's State of the Free Press offers a comprehensive survey of the most important but underreported news stories of 2021 and a comparative analysis of the current state of corporate and independent news media, and its effect on democracy. The establishment media sustains a decrepit post-truth era, as examined the lowlight features: "Junk Food News"-frivolous stories that distract the public from actual news-and-"News Abuse"-important stories covered in ways that undermine public understanding. The alternative media provokes a burgeoning critical media literacy age, as evaluated in the highlight feature: "Media Democracy in Action"-relevant stories responsibly reported on by independent organizations. Finally, in an homage to the history of the annual report, the editors reinstate the "Déjà vu News" feature-revisited stories from previous editions. State of the Free Press 2022 endows readers with the critical thinking and media literacy skills required to hold the corporate media to account for distorting or censoring news coverage, and thus, to revitalize our democracy.
Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2023
by Mickey Huff Andy Lee RothAs the United States grapples with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the nation&’s living legacy of systemic inequalities, and partisan threats to the foundations of democracy, the integrity of news—the focus of Project&’s Censored&’s work and this book—has never been more important.State of the Free Press 2023 continues Project Censored&’s tradition of publicizing the most important stories ignored or obscured by the news establishment, exposing the lies and spin of corporate Junk Food News (frivolous stories that distract the public from actual news) and News Abuse (important stories covered in ways that undermine public understanding) while promoting the best independent journalism, research, and activism. Most importantly, this edition helps endow readers with the critical media literacy skills required to hold power to account for distorting or censoring news coverage.State of the Free Press 2023 is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.
Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2024
by Andy Lee Roth Mickey HuffHighlighting the year&’s most significant independent journalism—including reports on toxic chemicals, climate disinformation, and union victories—Project Censored&’s State of the Free Press 2024 illuminates issues and raises voices that the establishment press have throttled.Includes a Foreword by Alan MacLeod, independent investigative journalist and editor of Propaganda in the Information Age.State of the Free Press 2024 shows how independent journalism can promote civic engagement and reconnect people who have otherwise lost interest in sensational &“news&” that distracts and polarizes us.Balancing critical analysis with optimistic vision, the book&’s diverse contributors champion press freedom and critical media literacy to hold the powerful accountable and promote a more just and inclusive society.State of the Free Press 2024 is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.
Project Ethics (Advances in Project Management)
by Haukur Ingi Jonasson Helgi Thor IngasonHow relevant is ethics to project management? The book - which aims to demystify the field of ethics for project managers and managers in general - takes both a critical and a practical look at project management in terms of success criteria, and ethical opportunities and risks. The goal is to help the reader to use ethical theory to further identify opportunities and risks within their projects and thereby to advance more directly along the path of mature and sustainable managerial practice. Project Ethics opens with an investigation of the critical success factors in project management. It then illustrates how situations can arise within projects where values can compete, and looks at how ethical theories on virtue, utility, duty and rights can be used as competence eye-openers to evaluate projects. The reader is challenged to think of their project management experiences where questions of competing values surfaced, and mirror them in short vignettes taken from real practice from all round the globe. Finally, a new method is introduced, based on classical ethical theory, which can help project owners, project managers, project teams and stakeholders, to identify, estimate and evaluate ethical opportunities and risks in projects.
Projektmanagement im Anlagenbau (Dvp Projektmanagement Ser.)
by Alexander Malkwitz Norbert Mittelstädt Jens Bierwisch Johann Ehlers Thies Helbig Ralf StedingMit diesem Fachbuch ,,Projektmanagement im Anlagenbau" werden alle Projektphasen eines typischen Projekts im Anlagenbau erfasst. Die Autoren beschreiben die einzelnen Leistungen der Projektsteuerung. Als Leistungsbild und Standard f#65533;r das Projektmanagement im Bauwesen haben sich die Vorschl#65533;ge der AHO-Schriftenreihe Nr. 9 etabliert. Der Anlagenbau erfordert bei vielen #65533;bereinstimmungen in systematischer und methodischer Hinsicht spezifische Herangehensweisen. Dementsprechend hat der DVP-Arbeitskreis Anlagenbau die Aufgabe #65533;bernommen, f#65533;r diesen Gesch#65533;ftsbereich ein den branchenspezifischen Anforderungen Rechnung tragendes Leistungsmodell zu erarbeiten. Diese Leistungen gelten f#65533;r die ganze Vielfalt der Anlagenbauprojekte. Das Fachbuch kommt dem erforderlichen Standardisierungsbedarf bei der Beauftragung von Leistungen entgegen. Das gesamte Leistungsbild des Projektmanagements wird in f#65533;nf Handlungsbereiche differenziert und diese Handlungsbereiche wieder in Grundleistungen und besondere Leistungen unterteilt. Die spezifischen Leistungen des Projektmanagements werden getrennt nach diesen Handlungsbereichen in verschiedenen Projektstufen von der Vorbereitung #65533;ber das Basic-Engineering, die Vergabe, das Detailed-Engineering, die Ausf#65533;hrung und den Projektabschluss dargestellt. Diese Matrix erm#65533;glicht es den Nutzern des Fachbuches in Erg#65533;nzung des AHO-Heftes Nr. 9 nach ihrer Wahl das gesamte Leistungsbild, aber auch Teilleistungen punktgenau zu beschreiben und zu vergeben. In dieser Gliederung der Handlungsbereiche und der Projektphasen wird jede einzelne Teilleistung von den Autoren kommentiert, um dem Leser das Bild jeder Leistung des Projektmanagements im Anlagenbau zu verdeutlichen.
Projektmanagement im Ehrenamt: Grundlagen und Tipps (essentials)
by Levend SeyhanLevend Seyhan hilft mit diesem essential den vielen ehrenamtlich Aktiven dabei, ihre Projekte von vornherein auf ein festes Fundament zu stellen und erfolgreich zu verwirklichen. Der Autor stellt mit praxiserprobten Tipps und Übersichten die wesentlichen Herausforderungen vor und zeigt, wie man ehrenamtliche Aktivitäten professionell umsetzen kann. Ehrenamtliche Projekte erfordern großen persönlichen Einsatz aller Beteiligten. Leidenschaft allein führt jedoch nicht zum Erfolg: Auch bei freiwilligem Engagement sind Werkzeuge des traditionellen Projektmanagements unerlässlich. Das Werk bietet allen, die sich ehrenamtlich engagieren, die nötigen Grundlagen dafür.
Projektmanagement im Ehrenamt: Grundlagen und Tipps für freiwillig Engagierte (essentials)
by Levend SeyhanLevend Seyhan hilft mit diesem essential den vielen ehrenamtlich Engagierten, ihre Projekte von Anfang an auf ein festes Fundament zu stellen und erfolgreich zu verwirklichen. Der Autor stellt mit praxiserprobten Tipps und Übersichten die wesentlichen Herausforderungen vor und zeigt, wie man ehrenamtliche Aktivitäten professionell umsetzen kann. Ehrenamtliche Projekte erfordern großen persönlichen Einsatz aller Beteiligten. Leidenschaft allein führt jedoch nicht zum Erfolg: Auch bei freiwilligem Engagement sind Werkzeuge des traditionellen Projektmanagements unerlässlich. Das Werk bietet allen, die sich ehrenamtlich engagieren, die nötigen Grundlagen dafür.
Projektmanagement in Organisationen der Sozialwirtschaft: Eine Einführung (Basiswissen Sozialwirtschaft und Sozialmanagement)
by Waltraud Grillitsch Monika SagmeisterDas Buch vermittelt Studierenden sowie Fach- und Führungskräften aus Sozialwirtschaft und Sozialer Arbeit Basiswissen zu wesentlichen Themenstellungen des Projektmanagements in sozialwirtschaftlichen Organisationen. Es zeigt in einzelnen Prozessschritten die Bedeutung einer strukturierten Herangehensweise und relevanter Methoden für die praktische Arbeit. Geklärt werden der Projektauftrag und die Projektplanung, das Projektkonzept und die Durchführung sowie der Projektabschluss und Möglichkeiten des Reviews.
Projektverträge im Anlagenbau und für vergleichbare Investitionsprojekte
by Christoph Schmitt Eberhard KrüglerProjektverträge regeln das Rechtsverhältnis zwischen dem Investor als Auftraggeber und dem Unternehmer als Auftragnehmer. Sie sind bei der Realisierung komplexer Projekte weit verbreitet, vor allem im Anlagenbau, aber auch bei der Beschaffung von Gütern und bei der Softwareentwicklung. In dem Buch werden die wesentlichen Aspekte und Inhalte vor dem Hintergrund der einschlägigen gesetzlichen Regelungen besprochen. Hinweise und Vorschläge zur Vertragsgestaltung berücksichtigen die aktuelle nationale und internationale Unternehmens- und Vertragspraxis.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: and the Letter to Marcus Herz, February 1772
by Immanuel Kant James W. EllingtonThis edition of Prolegomena includes Kant’s letter of February, 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to present a critique of pure reason.
Prolegomena to Ethics
by David O. Brink T. H. GreenThe new edition provides an introductory essay, a bibliographical essay, and an index. Brink's extended editorial introduction examines the context, themes, and significance of Green's work and will be of special interest to readers working on the history of ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth century philosophy.
Promesas incumplidas: Las fuentes históricas de la indignación
by Javier MoscosoPromesas incumplidas es una historia sobre la ambición, ligada a la promesa igualitaria y al desengaño que marcó el Romanticismo. De la mano de Javier Moscoso, uno de los mejores ensayistas españoles contemporáneos. Ambición, resentimiento, envidia, celos... El Promesas incumplidas explora las emociones más estrechamente relacionadas con la rivalidad, pero también la fraternidad, el patriotismo, la compasión o la amistad. Las fuentes consultadas incluyen tratados de medicina, de filosofía moral y política, así como de lo que hoy denominamos psiquiatría. Junto a estos se han consultado textos biográficos y autobiográficos, así como material iconográfico, fuentes publicadas y manuscritas.
Prometheus Reimagined: Technology, Environment, and Law in the Twenty-first Century
by Albert C. LinTechnologies such as synthetic biology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and geoengineering promise to address many of our most serious problems, yet they also bring environmental and health-related risks and uncertainties. Moreover, they can come to dominate global production systems and markets with very little public input or awareness. Existing governance institutions and processes do not adequately address the risks of new technologies, nor do they give much consideration to the concerns of persons affected by them. Instead of treating technology, health, and the environment as discrete issues, Albert C. Lin argues that laws must acknowledge their fundamental relationship, anticipating both future technological developments and their potential adverse effects. Laws should encourage international cooperation and the development of common global standards, while allowing for flexibility and reassessment.
The Promise and Perils of Transnationalization: NGO Activism and the Socialization of Women’s Human Rights in Egypt and Iran (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)
by Benjamin StachurskyTo date, most constructivist international relations studies have characterized the influence of transnationalism on domestic forms of activism as uniformly positive. In particular, transnational interactions are viewed as positive factors for the development and daily impact of gender activism. Benjamin Stachursky’s book questions the unvarying positive view of transnationalism on domestic forms of activism, arguing for a more nuanced analysis that permits an understanding of the enabling and restricting effects of transnationalism. Stachursky also challenges the dominant view of civil society as normatively homogenous by illustrating the complex relationships and conflicts that exist between NGOs and other civil society representatives. He grounds his theoretical arguments with a comparative case study on women’s rights activism in Egypt and Iran, which uses semi-structured interviews with women’s rights activists in the two countries and analysis of documentation by local political and societal actors. Looking at the period from the mid-1980s up to present developments such as the Arab Spring, Stachursky analyzes the emergence and development of NGO activism in Egypt and Iran, the social, political, and legal context of NGO activism, and key domestic debates on the impact and legitimacy of the actors operating in women’s rights activism. By closely examining the ambivalent relationship between transnationalism and human rights organizations, Stachursky proves that transnationalization has both enabling and constraining effects on the domestic legitimacy of women’s rights activists and on their ability to create meaningful social and political change.
The Promise of Human Rights: Constitutional Government, Democratic Legitimacy, and International Law (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
by Jamie MayerfeldInternational human rights law is often criticized as an infringement of constitutional democracy. In The Promise of Human Rights, Jamie Mayerfeld argues to the contrary that international human rights law provides a necessary extension of checks and balances and therefore completes the domestic constitutional order. In today's world, constitutional democracy is best understood as a cooperative project enlisting both domestic and international guardians to strengthen the protection of human rights. <P><P>Reasons to support this view may be found in the political philosophy of James Madison, the principal architect of the U.S. Constitution.The Promise of Human Rights presents sustained theoretical discussions of human rights, constitutionalism, democracy, and sovereignty, along with an extended case study of divergent transatlantic approaches to human rights. Mayerfeld shows that the embrace of international human rights law has inhibited human rights violations in Europe whereas its marginalization has facilitated human rights violations in the United States. <P><P>A longstanding policy of "American exceptionalism" was a major contributing factor to the Bush administration's use of torture after 9/11.Mounting a combination of theoretical and empirical arguments, Mayerfeld concludes that countries genuinely committed to constitutional democracy should incorporate international human rights law into their domestic legal system and accept international oversight of their human rights practices.
The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel
by Roy HoffmanFor fans of Harper Lee and Rita Mae Brown, Roy Hoffman's new novel is steeped in a sense of place--coastal Alabama--with its rich tapestry of characters caught in a web of justice not for all.Early Praise for The Promise of the Pelican: "Roy Hoffman has written a fast-paced, mesmerizing and incredibly moving contemporary novel about human and civil rights,"-- bestselling author Lee Smith "A thrilling novel, with characters as memorable as those of Shakespearean tragedy...I could not put it down." --Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife At once a literary crime novel and an intergenerational family drama, The Promise of the Pelican is set in the multicultural South, where justice might depend on the color of your skin and your immigration status. Hank Weinberg is a modern day Atticus Finch, recently retired as a defense attorney in Mobile, Alabama, and a Holocaust survivor, who fled the Nazis as a young child. With his daughter in rehab, he's now taking care of his special needs grandson. Mourning his dead wife, spending mornings fishing on the pier with other octogenarians, he passes the rest of his days watching over his sweet grandson with the help of Lupita, a young Honduran babysitter. When her brother Julio, an undocumented immigrant, is accused of murder, Hank must return to the courtroom to defend him while also trying to save his daughter and grandson's life from spinning out of control. The Promise of the Pelican takes its title from the legend that a pelican will pierce its own breast for blood to feed its starving chicks, a metaphor for one old man who risks all to save the vulnerable. In a crisp prose style Harper Lee called "lean and clean," Hoffman writes from an enormous well of compassion. He fills his new novel with a cast of finely drawn characters of all ages and abilities facing life's harshest challenges and rising to meet them with dignity.