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With the growing concern around the foreclosure crisis and the emergence of the Take Back the Land movement and the Occupy Our Homes initiative, public discourse around the right to land in the United States has been considerably amplified in the past two years.Nine-tenths of the Law aims to chronicle the recent history of squatting and land reclamation in the United States, with an eye toward illuminating the murky legal framework that surrounds a citizen's right to shelter.Dobbz's book is not a guide to squatting, but neither is it an indictment of those who do. Rather, squatting emerges as one tactic in a larger toolbox for defending and reclaiming the right to shelter.Though this is Dobbz's first book, she has already toured the country extensively to promote her documentary Shelter (2008), which chronicled the squatting movement in the California East Bay, and provided the early impetus for the development of this book.Nine-tenths of the Law also examines contemporary squats across the country, particularly ones seeking to gain legal title by way of often archaic laws left over from the 19th century. Dobbz gives give historical context to the laws in which today's squatting practices are rooted.

* This book will appeal to a diverse group of readers: sailors, people interested in how the oceans work and how they control the Earth’s climate, the vision-impaired community, those who like seagoing adventure stories, and anyone who wants to see a strong woman character. * A firsthand account of a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia *Americans’ experience of 9/11 from the helpless position of being at sea in a microcosmic world cut off from the rest of the world * A behind-the-scenes look into the life of an oceanographer and a realistic description of how science at sea is accomplished * There is a large community of blind and visually impaired individuals and their families who are looking for inspirational figures leading successful, productive lives with a disability. A blind woman who is a top ocean physicist, leading months-long research trips on huge vessels all over the world’s oceans, is a great inspiration. * The scientific concepts presented in this book are woven into the story and are explained in a manner that is easy for the reader to understand, since the author was a “layman” when he began going to sea. This information is timely and satisfying to those readers eager to learn more about how the oceans affect global warming.