Reviews for Defending the earth

The average rating for Defending the earth based on 4 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-12 00:00:00 Josh Martin NB: This book has very small type so if you plan to use the defense of International Law in your civil disobedience case you might want to consider asking your defense team to get Mr. Boyle himself to help with your defense. Or get a magnifying glass! Let's just imagine for a few minutes that you have been summoned by the Justice Department to appear in Federal District Court because you have refused to tell the IRS the location of your assets. You have refused to give that information to the IRS because your assets could be seized by the IRS to satisfy a lien for unpaid federal income taxes. You have refused to pay your income taxes because nearly half of those taxes will be used to fund war and the preparation for war. You cannot in good conscience pay those taxes to help someone kill a person or persons. Let me tell you a story and ask you a question: suppose someone came to your door and asked you to donate money so s/he could travel to another country to kill someone you don't even know. Maybe you would think about this but decide that killing is not moral so you would decline to donate. You might even ask the person at your door to stop collecting money to kill. You might even go to your neighbors and try to convince them not to donate. What would you do? People who might call themselves conscientious objectors do sometimes refuse to cooperate with the IRS in its effort to collect income taxes. People sometimes call this civil disobedience. Possibly the most famous person to commit civil disobedience was Henry David Thoreau. You may have read his 1849 essay on the right and obligation to follow your conscience. But the IRS says you are breaking the law by not paying your taxes. One of the legal defenses some people have used when they have refused to pay their war taxes is obedience to International Law. The Nuremburg Laws are among the most well known. But also the United Nations charter and many treaties and agreements between the United States and other nations create International Law. Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution contains the "Supremacy Clause" that states that International Law is to be treated as the supreme law of the land. The book Defending Civil Resistance Under International Law has over 300 pages about the legalities about using International Law as a defense. So, just imagine: you file your federal income tax forms on April 15th but openly refuse to pay the tax due. Instead you donate that money that you would have paid in taxes and donate it to your local Meals on Wheels program or to provide aid to the hurricane victims in Haiti. The government takes you to court and the judge rules in your favor and cites International Law. You are carried out of the courthouse on the shoulders of your supporters. Maybe that is a dream that will never come true. But, for me, that exact scenario took place right up to the point where the federal judge rules that International Law applies to my case. In my case the judge ruled that I had a Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate myself by cooperating with the IRS in their tax collection attempts. Others will have to continue the effort to have the courts recognize the application of International Law in cases of civil disobedience. And when those efforts continue, people will refer to this book and thank Francis Boyle. Hopefully, one day someone will win the right to be protected by International Law in a war tax resistance case. It will change the world. And isn't that what we expect of International Law?

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-16 00:00:00 Roy Barquet One of the best introductory mathematical statistics books I have worked through. Clear, concise and elucidating writing, with tons of examples to digest the material. Although by no means damaging the conceptual clarity and quality, at times the clear and easy-to-understand writing is at the expense of mathematical rigour, but the authors rightly mention every such case. Very much recommended to anyone who wants to learn and thoroughly understand statistical concepts.

Review # 3 was written on 2014-08-12 00:00:00 Sean Tiernet NB: This book has very small type so if you plan to use the defense of International Law in your civil disobedience case you might want to consider asking your defense team to get Mr. Boyle himself to help with your defense. Or get a magnifying glass! Let's just imagine for a few minutes that you have been summoned by the Justice Department to appear in Federal District Court because you have refused to tell the IRS the location of your assets. You have refused to give that information to the IRS because your assets could be seized by the IRS to satisfy a lien for unpaid federal income taxes. You have refused to pay your income taxes because nearly half of those taxes will be used to fund war and the preparation for war. You cannot in good conscience pay those taxes to help someone kill a person or persons. Let me tell you a story and ask you a question: suppose someone came to your door and asked you to donate money so s/he could travel to another country to kill someone you don't even know. Maybe you would think about this but decide that killing is not moral so you would decline to donate. You might even ask the person at your door to stop collecting money to kill. You might even go to your neighbors and try to convince them not to donate. What would you do? People who might call themselves conscientious objectors do sometimes refuse to cooperate with the IRS in its effort to collect income taxes. People sometimes call this civil disobedience. Possibly the most famous person to commit civil disobedience was Henry David Thoreau. You may have read his 1849 essay on the right and obligation to follow your conscience. But the IRS says you are breaking the law by not paying your taxes. One of the legal defenses some people have used when they have refused to pay their war taxes is obedience to International Law. The Nuremburg Laws are among the most well known. But also the United Nations charter and many treaties and agreements between the United States and other nations create International Law. Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution contains the "Supremacy Clause" that states that International Law is to be treated as the supreme law of the land. The book Defending Civil Resistance Under International Law has over 300 pages about the legalities about using International Law as a defense. So, just imagine: you file your federal income tax forms on April 15th but openly refuse to pay the tax due. Instead you donate that money that you would have paid in taxes and donate it to your local Meals on Wheels program or to provide aid to the hurricane victims in Haiti. The government takes you to court and the judge rules in your favor and cites International Law. You are carried out of the courthouse on the shoulders of your supporters. Maybe that is a dream that will never come true. But, for me, that exact scenario took place right up to the point where the federal judge rules that International Law applies to my case. In my case the judge ruled that I had a Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate myself by cooperating with the IRS in their tax collection attempts. Others will have to continue the effort to have the courts recognize the application of International Law in cases of civil disobedience. And when those efforts continue, people will refer to this book and thank Francis Boyle. Hopefully, one day someone will win the right to be protected by International Law in a war tax resistance case. It will change the world. And isn't that what we expect of International Law?

Review # 4 was written on 2009-12-16 00:00:00 Travis Schatz One of the best introductory mathematical statistics books I have worked through. Clear, concise and elucidating writing, with tons of examples to digest the material. Although by no means damaging the conceptual clarity and quality, at times the clear and easy-to-understand writing is at the expense of mathematical rigour, but the authors rightly mention every such case. Very much recommended to anyone who wants to learn and thoroughly understand statistical concepts.