Law

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

Violence Within: On Peter Irons’s “White Men’s Law”
Gabriel J. Chin reviews Peter Irons’s “White Men’s Law: The Roots of Systemic Racism,” a study of the history of racism in the laws of the United States.
Gabriel J. ChinJul 4, 2023
Guns and Grammar, or How to Read the Second Amendment
Frank Bergon argues that bad grammar is driving our gun problem, via the Supreme Court’s reading of the Second Amendment.
Frank BergonJul 2, 2023
Suffering the Smoldering Wrath: On Allen Goodman’s “Everyone Against Us”
Dana Garcetti reviews Allen Goodman’s “Everyone Against Us: Public Defenders and the Making of American Justice,” in which the author, a former public defender, testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of the American criminal justice system.
Dana GarcettiJun 17, 2023
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Abolition After the George Floyd Rebellion: On Jarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti’s “States of Incarceration”
Jason E. Smith reviews Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan’s “States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America’s Punishment System.”
Jason E. SmithJan 4, 2023
Constitutional Revival: On Jedediah Purdy’s “Two Cheers for Politics”
Roslyn Fuller reviews Jedediah S. Purdy‘s “Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy Is Flawed, Frightening ― and Our Best Hope.”
Roslyn FullerDec 29, 2022
The Rules We Live By
A series made up of conversations between Julien Crockett and those who dictate, think deeply about, and seek to bend or break the rules we live by.
Julien CrockettDec 27, 2022
The Many Faces of Felix Frankfurter: On Brad Snyder’s “Democratic Justice”
Paul Finkelman reviews Brad Snyder's "Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment."
Paul FinkelmanDec 13, 2022
An Obituary for Originalism: On Erwin Chemerinsky’s “Worse Than Nothing”
Stephen Rohde reviews Erwin Chemerinsky’s “Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism.”
Stephen RohdeNov 23, 2022
Send More Cops: On Travis Linnemann’s “The Horror of Police”
Jarrod Shanahan reviews Travis Linnemann’s penetrating new book, “The Horror of Police.”
Jarrod ShanahanOct 31, 2022
Green Capitalism Is a Scam: A Conversation with Adrienne Buller
Writer Cal Turner and Sara Van Horn interview Adrienne Buller, author of “The Value of a Whale.”
Cal Turner, Sara Van HornOct 27, 2022
Russia Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine
Don Franzen interviews law expert Mark Ellis regarding recent atrocities committed in Ukraine and the subsequent international pursuit of justice.
Mark EllisOct 10, 2022
Making History End, Again
Andrew Koppelman is happy with “Liberalism and Its Discontents” by Francis Fukuyama.
Andrew KoppelmanSep 10, 2022