A Writer’s Project for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Congressman Ted LieuLARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen talks with Congressman Ted Lieu about his 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act....DON FRANZENLAW
What Makes Censors Tick?Stephen Rohde reviews Robert Corn-Revere's "The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor’s Dilemma."...STEPHEN ROHDELAW
What Justice Needs NowJudge Victoria Pratt’s new book, “The Power of Dignity,” should be mandatory reading for all judges in America....LAURIE L. LEVENSONLAW
A Foundation for International Law: On Michael Fleming’s “In the Shadow of the Holocaust”Mark Ellis reviews the recent book by Michael Fleming, “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Poland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice.”...MARK ELLISLAW
“A Brilliant, Holistic Approach”: On Deborah Warren’s “Strange to Say: Etymology as Serious Entertainment”Tom Dalzell gets to the root of Deborah Warren’s “Strange to Say: Etymology as Serious Entertainment.”...TOM DALZELLLAW
The Endless Struggle Between Censorship and Free SpeechStephen Rohde reviews “Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media” by Jacob Mchangama....STEPHEN ROHDELAW
Russia’s Blatant Violation of International LawDon Franzen interviews Mark Ellis about the legal implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine....DON FRANZENAROUND THE WORLDLAWPOLITICS
May I Quote?Bryan A. Garner designates Fred R. Shapiro's “The New Yale Book of Quotations” the most "accurate, up-to-date" compilation of quotes yet....BRYAN A. GARNERLAW
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remembered: An Interview with Amanda TylerBrachah Goykadosh talks with Amanda Tyler about her late writing partner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg....BRACHAH GOYKADOSHLAW
Grit Paves the Path for Women Law ProfessorsBrachah Goykadosh reviews “Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors” by Herma Hill Kay....BRACHAH GOYKADOSHLAW
Liberal Icon or Right-Wing Renegade?Stephen Rohde reviews Samantha Barbas’s new biography, “The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade.”...STEPHEN ROHDELAW
“12 Angry Men” Remembered — And Not a Moment Too SoonJohn Romano deliberates on "Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men" by Phil Rosenzweig....JOHN ROMANOLAW
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “Redeeming Justice”A transcript of the panel discussion “Redeeming Justice” — a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on October 28....GIL GARCETTI, LAURIE L. LEVENSON, JARRETT M. ADAMSLAW
Not Humane, Just Invisible: A Counternarrative to Samuel Moyn’s “Humane”Priya Satia reviews Samuel Moyn’s latest book, “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War.”...PRIYA SATIALAW
A Good Fight?: On Samuel Moyn’s “Humane”Making war more “humane” only makes it more likely....RAYAN FAKHOURYLAW
Time for the Supreme Court to Look in the MirrorLaurie L. Levenson reviews Erwin Chemerinsky’s new book, “Presumed Guilty.”...LAURIE L. LEVENSONLAW
Making Sure Our Rights Stay RightStephen Rohde reviews “How Rights Went Wrong,” the new book by Jamal Greene....STEPHEN ROHDELAW
Freedom to ExcludeEric Foner reviews “Freedom to Discriminate,” Gene Slater’s new history of housing segregation....ERIC FONERLAW
A Call to Redeem JusticeJarrett Adams’s “Redeeming Justice” shines a light on the inequities rife in our criminal justice system....GIL GARCETTILAW
A Call to Re-Embrace Our PrivacyRoslyn Fuller ponders our relationship to privacy in her review of Heidi Boghosian’s “‘I Have Nothing to Hide’: And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy.”...ROSLYN FULLERLAW
Unequal Justice Under the LawR. Owen Williams reviews Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner's new legal history, "Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court."...R. OWEN WILLIAMSLAW
A Joyous Frolic: On Bryan A. Garner’s “Taming the Tongue”Tom Dalzell thoroughly enjoys Bryan A. Garner’s latest book, “Taming the Tongue: In the Heyday of English Grammar (1711–1851).”...TOM DALZELLLAW
Context and Consequences: On Akhil Reed Amar’s “The Words That Made Us”Joel Seligman reads “The Words That Made Us,” Akhil Reed Amar’s newly published history of America’s constitutional conversation....JOEL SELIGMANLAW
Trump’s Assault on Asylum: An Opportunity to Reflect on US Humanitarian ValuesSara Campos considers “The End of Asylum” by Andrew Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, and Philip G. Schrag....SARA CAMPOSLAW