Law

“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle

Acquittal Fails to Illuminate
We need a serious conversation about the relation of social media to the judicial system; this book is not it.
Dorothy WolpertJul 21, 2014
- Law
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.”
Sara CamposJun 10, 2014
- Law
Culture Shock: The Problem of Juvenile Justice
The prison system as a whole isn’t working, particularly so for juvenile detention centers.
Jessica PishkoJun 2, 2014
- Cultural Studies
- Law
There’s Something Missing; Maybe the NSA Can Find It
No Place to Hide misses an important opportunity to show where laws and policies diverge.
Allegra L. FunstenMay 28, 2014
- Law
The Bear Truth (How an Individual Right to Bear Arms Emerged from the Desire for a Well Regulated Militia)
Second Amendment activism is very easy to trace not to the founders, but to the shift to the right beginning with Reagan, and the change in the NRA’s sense of their mission at the same time.
Anne RichardsonMay 24, 2014
- Law
Defending the First Amendment from Attacks Coming from Both Left and Right
One of the First Amendment’s staunchest defenders sums up his case.
Jim LaffertyMar 11, 2014
- Law
Derrida and the Death Penalty
Jan Mieszkowski reviews The Death Penalty, which contains the first 11 sessions of Derrida’s two-year seminar on the subject.
Jan MieszkowskiMar 5, 2014
- Law
Randall Kennedy on Affirmative Action
Not all discrimination is bad.
Don FranzenDec 15, 2013
- Law
Drone Warfare: Jus Ad Bellum?
Drone warfare: Medea Benjamin argues stridently, and not always effectively, against it.
Don FranzenDec 5, 2013
- Law
Rebels at the Bar
The story of the founding mothers of the legal profession.
Laurie L. LevensonJul 25, 2013
- Law
Unenumerated Rights: A Conversation with Akhil Reed Amar
Don FranzenDec 9, 2012
- Law
Reading the Text: An Interview with Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court
Don FranzenOct 1, 2012
- Law