The Kaiser’s Trial: How a Case that Never Happened Helped Create the International Criminal Justice System
Mark Ellis reviews William A. Schabas's meticulously researched and gripping "The Trial of the Kaiser."...
“We the People”: A Guide for the Perplexed Liberal
Erwin Chemerinsky's "We the People" is a rallying cry for progressives to get out of their funk....
First and Not Last
"First: Sandra Day O’Connor" is the happy product of a rare publishing phenomenon: the marriage of a significant subject with a mature, empathetic writer....
The Hundred Years’ War Over Free Speech
"The Free Speech Century" is a rich buffet of intellectual delicacies, which need not be gorged in one sitting but can be enjoyably sampled at leisure....
The Last of the Unicorns: Facebook and the Fight for a Better Future
Siva Vaidhyanathan's "Antisocial Media" paints a bleak picture of Facebook's impact, but are its policy prescriptions enough?...
A Justice for All Seasons
Stephen Rohde delivers a speech on the judicial legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
Notes of an Undocumented Son
Sara Campos reviews Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas new memoir, "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen."...
Barbaric and Excessive: Two Books on Punishment in the United States
Sabrina Alli reviews "The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences" and "Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness."...
One Worshipper Is Not Superior to Another
A years-long visual investigation into how Iraq War blowback is playing out in Egypt, the second-largest recipient of US military aid....
Her Dark Materials: A Conversation with Vanessa Place
Daniel Elkind speaks to Vanessa Place about her provocative “You Had to Be There: Rape Jokes.”...
Warriors Without Guns: Yet One Way More to Think About the Civil War
In "Uncivil Warriors," Peter Charles Hoffer looks at how lawyers contributed to the coming conflict, shaped the issues, and helped prosecute the war....
A Comprehensive Guide to the Entertainment Industry
Michael Donaldson evaluates Corey Field's "Entertainment Law: Fundamentals and Practice."...
