Law

The Law-Breaking Supreme Court: On Stephen Vladeck’s “The Shadow Docket”
Andrew Koppelman reviews Stephen Vladeck’s “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.”...
Andrew KoppelmanSep 27
The Way We Have Always Done It: On Thomas G. Moukawsher’s “The Common Flaw”
Judge Brad Seligman reviews Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher’s critique of civil litigation, “The Common Flaw: Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It.”...
Brad SeligmanSep 24
- Law
- Politics and Economics
When the Dust Won’t Settle: Stories of Syrian War and Earthquake Survivors
Elle Kurancid writes about the aftermath of the earthquake in Syria, with documentary photographs by Walaa Alshaer....
Elle Kurancid, Walaa AlshaerSep 21
- Law
- Politics and Economics
Art, Law, and Commerce in the Metaverse: On Three New Stories of NFTs
Jessica Rizzo reviews three new books discussing where NFTs came from, where they are going, and whether we should follow—Amy Whitaker and Nora Burnett Abrams’s “The Story of NFTs: Artists, Technology, and Democracy,” Edward Lee’s “Creators Take Control: How NFTs Revolutionize Art, Business, and Entertainment,” Omar Kholeif’s “Internet Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs.”...
Jessica RizzoSep 12
- Art
- Law
Change Is Hard: On Miriam Aroni Krinsky’s “Change from Within”
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Miriam Aroni Krinsky’s “Change from Within: Reimagining the 21st-Century Prosecutor” and discusses the “progressive prosecution” movement in the criminal justice system....
Laurie L. LevensonAug 30
- Law
- Politics and Economics
How Could He Possibly Lose? On Samantha Barbas’s “Actual Malice”
Stephen Rohde discusses Samantha Barbas’s new book on free speech and civil rights, “Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in ’New York Times v. Sullivan.’”...
Stephen RohdeAug 13
Espionage Overreach: On Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman’s “A Century of Repression”
Stephen Rohde reviews Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman’s “A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press.”...
Stephen RohdeAug 4
Things Will Get Shittier: AI and the Dial of Business Basiness
J. D. Connor ponders how AI is transforming the media landscape, the law, and our lives....
J. D. ConnorJul 22
Justice in the Age of Abolition: On Joanna Schwartz’s “Shielded”
Hector Villagra reviews Joanna Schwartz’s “Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable.”...
Hector VillagraJul 14
Impossible Systems: On Carly Goodman’s “Dreamland”
Tim Hirschel-Burns reviews Carly Goodman’s “Dreamland: America’s Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction.”...
Tim Hirschel-BurnsJul 13
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
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
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
- Law
- Politics and Economics
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
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 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
Is Social Media a Threat to Democracy?
Allen Mendenhall reviews “Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy” by Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone....
Allen MendenhallSep 1, 2022
The “Peacewar” of Sanctions
Priya Satia approves of Nicholas Mulder’s “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War.”...
Priya SatiaAug 19, 2022
“This Should Not Be Repeated”: Civilian Devastation, from Syria to Ukraine
In this photoessay, Elle Kurancid and Fadi Al-Shami compare the current crisis in Ukraine to the last decade of war in Syria....
Elle Kurancid, Fadi Al-ShamiJul 26, 2022
- Law
- Translation