Bad Law

Elie Mystal

Language: English

Publisher: The New Press

Description:

The New York Times bestselling author brings his trademark legal acumen and passionate snark to offer a brilliant takedown of ten shocking pieces of legislation that continue to perpetuate hate, racial bias, injustice, and inequality today—an urgent yet hopeful read for our current political climate

"Mystal is a grassroots legal superhero, and his superpower is the ability to explain to the masses in clear language the all-too-human forces at play behind the making of our laws." —Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop


In Bad Law, the New York Times bestselling author of Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution reimagines what our legal system, and society at large, could look like if we could move past legislation plagued by racism, misogyny, and corruption. Through accessible yet detailed prose and trenchant wit, Mystal argues that these egregiously awful...