Law

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

Grit Paves the Path for Women Law Professors
Brachah Goykadosh reviews “Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors” by Herma Hill Kay.
Brachah GoykadoshJan 31, 2022
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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 RohdeJan 16, 2022
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“12 Angry Men” Remembered — And Not a Moment Too Soon
John Romano deliberates on "Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men" by Phil Rosenzweig.
John RomanoJan 7, 2022
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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, Jarrett M. Adams, Laurie L. LevensonDec 23, 2021
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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 SatiaDec 3, 2021
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A Good Fight?: On Samuel Moyn’s “Humane”
Making war more “humane” only makes it more likely.
Rayan FakhouryDec 3, 2021
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Time for the Supreme Court to Look in the Mirror
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Erwin Chemerinsky’s new book, “Presumed Guilty.”
Laurie L. LevensonNov 20, 2021
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Making Sure Our Rights Stay Right
Stephen Rohde reviews “How Rights Went Wrong,” the new book by Jamal Greene.
Stephen RohdeOct 10, 2021
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Freedom to Exclude
Eric Foner reviews “Freedom to Discriminate,” Gene Slater’s new history of housing segregation.
Eric FonerSep 26, 2021
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A Call to Redeem Justice
Jarrett Adams’s “Redeeming Justice” shines a light on the inequities rife in our criminal justice system.
Gil GarcettiSep 14, 2021
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A Call to Re-Embrace Our Privacy
Roslyn 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 FullerAug 31, 2021
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Unequal Justice Under the Law
R. Owen Williams reviews Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner's new legal history, "Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court."
R. Owen WilliamsAug 27, 2021
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