• Books,  Books Defying Categories,  History and Heroes

    Classic Legends and Foods of New Orleans are Digitally Remastered Books and Available New Again

    Four books that New Orleanians grew up with are now readily available again, as part of Quid Pro Books’ project to republish classic work to speak to a new generation. They are part of the Quaint Press imprint that identifies out-of-print works and brings them back worldwide in convenient formats. They are: 1. NEW ORLEANS: FACTS AND LEGENDS, by Raymond J. Martinez and Jack D. L. Holmes A classic compilation of history, tales, and folklore about New Orleans, the book is peppered with numerous vintage photographs of historic sites and the legendary men and women who framed Louisiana’s life and lore. Maintained in its original edition and accurately reproduced, this…

  • Books,  QP Blog,  Yale Law Journal

    Yale Law Journal Symposium on Modern Civil Rights Law & Theory Honors, or Challenges, Bruce Ackerman

    “Symposium: The Meaning of the Civil Rights Revolution” (Vol. 123, No. 8, June 2014) is, in effect, a new and extensive book of contemporary thought on civil rights, written by today’s leading voices on constitutional law. In February 2014, Yale Law Journal held a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the new publication of Bruce Ackerman’s We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution (2014). Contributors’ essays reflected on the origins or status of the American civil rights project, using Ackerman’s book as a focal point or a foil as they saw fit. Those essays are collected here as June 2014, the final issue…

  • Books,  QP Blog,  University of Chicago Law Review

    University of Chicago Law Review, #2 of 2014, explores scientific evidence, regulatory agencies, habeas, and disability law

    The second issue of 2014 features articles and essays from recognized scholars. Contents include these articles: • “Group to Individual (G2i) Inference in Scientific Expert Testimony,” David L. Faigman, John Monahan & Christopher Slobogin • “Game Theory and the Structure of Administrative Law,” Yehonatan Givati • “Habeas and the Roberts Court,” Aziz Z. Huq • “Cost-Benefit Analysis and Agency Independence,” Michael A. Livermore • “Accommodating Every Body,” Michael Ashley Stein, Anita Silvers, Bradley A. Areheart & Leslie Pickering Francis In addition, the issue includes a Review Essay by Sharon R. Krause entitled “The Liberalism of Love,” and these student Comments: • “Toward a Uniform Rule: The Collapse of the Civil-Criminal…

  • Books,  Classics of Law & Society,  Featured

    Delmar Karlen’s classic comparison of appeals courts in US and UK is Digitally Remastered™ in print and ebook

    Considered a classic of comparative law and legal systems, this book has been twice reprinted since its first appearance 50 years ago, and is now available in a high-quality digital edition. No work has so openly and extensively—using hands-on observations by the leading legal figures of the time—compared appellate courts in two common law countries. While much comparative work contrasts civil law systems with those of the common law, this study teased out substantial, impactful differences even within two traditional common law systems. The original project grew out of an intensive experiment in comparing the U.S. and English appellate courts, by which highly recognized American and English judges and lawyers…

  • Books,  Harvard Law Review,  QP Blog

    Harvard Law Review, #8, June 2014, Features Symposium on Freedom of the Press; plus Public Trials and Judicial Behavior

    Harvard Law Review, Number 8 (June 2014), includes an extensive Symposium on Freedom of the Press, as well as an article, “The Criminal Court Audience in a Post-Trial World,” by Jocelyn Simonson, and a book review essay, “The Positive Foundations of Formalism: False Necessity and American Legal Realism,” by Lawrence B. Solum (reviewing Epstein, Landes, and Posner’s book on courts and judicial behavior). Specifically, the Symposium on press freedoms features: * “Introduction: Reflections on the First Amendment and the Information Economy,” by Mark Tushnet * “The ‘New’ New York Times: Free Speech Lawyering in the Age of Google and Twitter,” by Marvin Ammori * “Old-School/New-School Speech Regulation,” by Jack M. Balkin…

  • Books,  Coming Soon,  Contemporary Society Series,  QP Blog

    Jerold Auerbach explores Israeli legitimacy in his 2014 book Jewish State, Pariah Nation

    Jewish statehood was restored in 1948 amid a struggle over legitimacy that has persisted in Israel ever since: Who rules? Who decides? Antagonism between the political left and right erupted into bloody violence over the Altalena. Secular-religious discord even made defining who is a Jew in a Jewish state contentious. After the Six-Day War, the return of religious Zionist settlers to biblical Judea and Samaria reframed the struggle over legitimacy. Who decides where in the Land of Israel Jews may live: settlers and rabbis or the government? Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 provoked the first significant eruption of military disobedience, undermining the authority of the Israel Defense Forces with…

  • Books,  Law Reviews, Miscellaneous

    Rutgers Computer & Tech Law Journal, #2, includes massive Bibliography of net, comm, and computer scholarship

    The Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal now offers its issues in convenient and modern ebook formats for e-reader devices, apps, pads, smartphones, and computers. This second issue of Volume 40, 2014, was published in June 2014 and contains articles from leading figures of the academy, technology, and the legal community, as well as contributions from law students at Rutgers-Newark. This  issue features new articles and student contributions on topics related to: using tech to enhance pro bono work, using tech in the law classroom, BitTorrent copyright trolling, taxation of e-commerce and internet sales, and cyber insurance and tangible property. The issue also includes the annual, extensive Bibliography — in…

  • Books,  Featured,  Fiction,  QP Blog

    Walter Murphy’s novels of World War II espionage and the life of St. Peter are Digitally Remastered

    The acclaimed novel of spies, code-breaking, and intrigue in World War II Italy, by bestselling author Walter Murphy (The Vicar of Christ), is now a convenient ebook and a new paperback edition. Previously published by Macmillan and Dell, this book is now presented in a quality digital edition, including active Contents and proper formatting, as well as new in print. Italy: 1943. • The Target: Enigma, the German’s bafflingly complex enciphering machine. Its code was unbreakable until ULTRA put the key to winning the war in Allied hands. • The Plan: A devious double-cross to convince the Germans that their cipher is still secure. Making full use of powerful Vatican…

  • Books,  Classics of the Social Sciences,  Coming Soon,  QP Blog

    Classic Social Science, Digitally Remastered: The Protection of Children, Second Edition, by Dingwall, Eekelaar & Murray

    This book has not been easily available in print for many years, but it has long been regarded as an important contribution to the study of child abuse and neglect, and legal and social responses to it. This classic study of law and social work in action is based on the most extensive investigation of child abuse and neglect ever carried out in Great Britain. The authors followed the course of numerous cases from the first detection of ill-treatment to the resolution (or otherwise) of the problem. Famous for coining the much-used (and often misused or misunderstood) phrase “the rule of optimism,” this book is updated with an extensive Postscript…

  • Books,  Yale Law Journal

    Yale Law Journal‘s May 2014 Issue: Citizenship Via the Mother; Federal & Local Crime Enforcement; Bobbitt on Gilmore; and Appellate Injustice

    The May 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: * Article, “Illegitimate Borders: Jus Sanguinis Citizenship and the Legal Construction of Family, Race, and Nation,” by Kristin Collins * Article, “Legitimacy and Federal Criminal Enforcement Power,” by Lauren M. Ouziel * Feature, “The Age of Consent,” by Philip C. Bobbitt  * Review, “Judging Justice on Appeal,” by Marin K. Levy * Note, “The Growth of Litigation Finance in DOJ Whistleblower Suits: Implications and Recommendations,” by Mathew Andrews * Note, “Reducing Inequality on the Cheap: When Legal Rule Design Should Incorporate Equity as Well as…