Kafka’s Law or Dante’s Inferno?
Burns cruelly sinks all our hopes of a reformed system with the most pessimistic and conclusory line in his book: “Here optimists really are fools.”
Law
“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle
Freedom from Religion
Why would a pluralistic and secular society single out for special treatment any system of belief?
The Development of Copyright Law: Wars or Evolution?
Copyright policy and outrage are in the news.
Unique Justice
"Scalia is the foremost champion of originalism ever to serve on the Court. But will it survive his tenure?"
Toyed with and Discarded: The Inmate as Human in an Age of Mass Incarceration
The United States currently faces an unprecedented prison crisis.
Guilty as Charged
Erwin Chemerinsky attempts to save the Supreme Court from its own worst enemy.
Life, Prison, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Above Suspicion
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Lisa Bloom’s two-in-one book Suspicion Nation.
Don Franzen Talks with Lisa Bloom
Don Franzen talks to Lisa Bloom about Trayvon Martin.
An Illiberal Reading of the Constitution
Stephen Rohde parses Richard A. Epstein's preference for the “classical liberal” interpretation of the US Constitution.
Acquittal Fails to Illuminate
We need a serious conversation about the relation of social media to the judicial system; this book is not it.
Just What Is It About Illegal You Don’t Understand?
Aviva Chomsky’s dense, academic book comes to one simple conclusion: “the way US immigration laws operate is absurd.”
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