The Price of Justice

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2253339The Price of Justicehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-price-of-justice/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1949358/6691796b-704e-4a8a-be67-c8510d0670dc.jpg?v=638345021614470000386386MXNBlackstone PublishingInStock/Audiolibros/This nonfiction legal thriller traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history to justice.Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of Americas electric power. But wealth and influence werent enough for Blankenship and his company, as they set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging the Constitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfully disregarding safety standards in the companys minesmines in which scores died unnecessarily.As Blankenship hobnobbed with a West Virginia Supreme Court justice in France, his company polluted the drinking water of hundreds of citizens; he himself fostered baroque vendettas against anyone who dared challenge his sovereignty over coal country. Just about the only thing that stood in the way of Blankenships tyranny over a state and an industry was a pair of odd-couple attorneys, Dave Fawcett and Bruce Stanley, who undertook a legal quest to bring justice to this corner of America. From the backwoods courtrooms of West Virginia they pursued their case all the way to the US Supreme Court and to a dramatic decision declaring that the wealthy and powerful are not entitled to purchase their own brand of law.The Price of Justice is a story of corporate corruption so far-reaching and devastating it could have been written a hundred years ago by Ida Tarbell or Lincoln Steffens. And as Laurence Leamer demonstrates in this captivating tale, because its true, its scarier than fiction....2116695The Price of Justice386386https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-price-of-justice/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1949358/6691796b-704e-4a8a-be67-c8510d0670dc.jpg?v=638345021614470000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20139781481595681_W3siaWQiOiJhNjNmNGI2Mi0xNWRkLTQ2NTItYTA2ZS1mOTIzZmMwMGIxYzMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQwOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NDA5LCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0wNC0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9781481595681_This nonfiction legalthriller traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring themost powerful coal baron in American history to justice.Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of America’s electric power.But wealth and influence weren’t enough for Blankenship and his company, asthey set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging theConstitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfullydisregarding safety standards in the company’s mines—mines in which scores diedunnecessarily.As Blankenship hobnobbed with a West Virginia Supreme Courtjustice in France, his company polluted the drinking water of hundreds ofcitizens; he himself fostered baroque vendettas against anyone who daredchallenge his sovereignty over coal country. Just about the only thing thatstood in the way of Blankenship’s tyranny over a state and an industry was apair of odd-couple attorneys, Dave Fawcett and Bruce Stanley, who undertook alegal quest to bring justice to this corner of America. From the backwoodscourtrooms of West Virginia they pursued their case all the way to the USSupreme Court and to a dramatic decision declaring that the wealthy andpowerful are not entitled to purchase their own brand of law.The Price of Justice is a story of corporate corruption sofar-reaching and devastating it could have been written a hundred years ago byIda Tarbell or Lincoln Steffens. And as Laurence Leamer demonstrates in thiscaptivating tale, because it’s true, it’s scarier than fiction.(*_*)9781481595681_This nonfiction legalthriller traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring themost powerful coal baron in American history to justice.Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of Americas electric power.But wealth and influence werent enough for Blankenship and his company, asthey set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging theConstitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfullydisregarding safety standards in the companys minesmines in which scores diedunnecessarily.As Blankenship hobnobbed with a West Virginia Supreme Courtjustice in France, his company polluted the drinking water of hundreds ofcitizens; he himself fostered baroque vendettas against anyone who daredchallenge his sovereignty over coal country. Just about the only thing thatstood in the way of Blankenships tyranny over a state and an industry was apair of odd-couple attorneys, Dave Fawcett and Bruce Stanley, who undertook alegal quest to bring justice to this corner of America. From the backwoodscourtrooms of West Virginia they pursued their case all the way to the USSupreme Court and to a dramatic decision declaring that the wealthy andpowerful are not entitled to purchase their own brand of law.The Price of Justice is a story of corporate corruption sofar-reaching and devastating it could have been written a hundred years ago byIda Tarbell or Lincoln Steffens. And as Laurence Leamer demonstrates in thiscaptivating tale, because its true, its scarier than fiction....(*_*)9781481595681_This nonfiction legal thriller traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history to justice.Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of Americas electric power. But wealth and influence werent enough for Blankenship and his company, as they set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging the Constitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfully disregarding safety standards in the companys minesmines in which scores died unnecessarily.As Blankenship hobnobbed with a West Virginia Supreme Court justice in France, his company polluted the drinking water of hundreds of citizens; he himself fostered baroque vendettas against anyone who dared challenge his sovereignty over coal country. Just about the only thing that stood in the way of Blankenships tyranny over a state and an industry was a pair of odd-couple attorneys, Dave Fawcett and Bruce Stanley, who undertook a legal quest to bring justice to this corner of America. From the backwoods courtrooms of West Virginia they pursued their case all the way to the US Supreme Court and to a dramatic decision declaring that the wealthy and powerful are not entitled to purchase their own brand of law.The Price of Justice is a story of corporate corruption so far-reaching and devastating it could have been written a hundred years ago by Ida Tarbell or Lincoln Steffens. And as Laurence Leamer demonstrates in this captivating tale, because its true, its scarier than fiction....9781481595681_Blackstone Publishingaudiolibro_d6fc5db0-e4e3-3d81-ad47-7cdf7cc3a14e_9781481595681;9781481595681_9781481595681Laurence LeamerInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2013-05-07T00:00:00+00:00Blackstone Publishing