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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Harvard Law Review, May 2014, on Exclusionary Rule, Opt-outs, and Financial Regulation’s Politics
Harvard Law Review, Number 7 (May 2014), includes an article, two book review essays, and extensive student research. Specifically, the issue features: • Article, “The Due Process Exclusionary Rule,” by Richard M. Re • Book Review, “Consent and Sensibility,” by Michelle E. Boardman • Book Review, “The Politics of Financial Regulation and the Regulation of Financial Politics: A Review Essay,” by Adam J. Levitin • Note, “Judicial Review of Agency Change” • Note, “Live Free and Nullify: Against Purging Capital Juries of Death Penalty Opponents” In addition, student case notes explore Recent Cases on such diverse subjects as whether PASPA is an appropriate exercise of congressional power; antitrust immunity for…
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Yale Law Journal Symposium: “Federalism as the New Nationalism”; Apr. 2014 also has articles on threatening war and on counting judicial votes
The April 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal includes an extensive Feature that explores the idea of Federalism as the New Nationalism, with contributions by Jessica Bulman-Pozen (“From Sovereignty and Process to Administration and Politics: The Afterlife of American Federalism”), Heather Gerken (“An Overview,” “The Loyal Opposition”), Abbe Gluck (“Our [National] Federalism”), Alison LaCroix (“The Shadow Powers of Article I”), and Cristina Rodríguez (“Negotiating Conflict Through Federalism: Institutional and Popular Perspectives”). The issue serves, in effect, as a new and detailed book on new concepts and practices of U.S. federalism. In addition, the issue includes these contributions from scholars and students: • Article, “The Power to Threaten War,” by…
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Yale Law Journal, March 2014, Studies Shrinking Cities, Fund Managers, Moral Impact, & Pretrial Monitoring
The March 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. The contents for Volume 123, Number 5, include: Articles: The New Minimal Cities, by Michelle Wilde Anderson The Separation of Funds and Managers: A Theory of Investment Fund Structure and Regulation, by John Morley Essays: The Moral Impact Theory of Law, by Mark Greenberg Pretrial Detention and the Right to Be Monitored, by Samuel R. Wiseman Notes: Stop Ignoring Pork and Potholes: Election Law and Constituent Service, by Joshua Bone An Offense-Severity Model for Stop-and-Frisks, by David Keenan & Tina M. Thomas Open Carry for All: Heller…
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Harvard Law Review, March 2014, challenges judicial review of agencies, adds Reviews on biracial couples, religion, and active judges
Volume 127, Number 5, features these new articles and review essays: • Article, “The Puzzling Presumption of Reviewability,” Nicholas Bagley • Book Review, “Making the Modern Family: Interracial Intimacy and the Social Production of Whiteness,” Camille Gear Rich • Book Review, “The Case for Religious Exemptions — Whether Religion Is Special or Not,” Mark L. Rienzi • Book Review, “Courts as Change Agents: Do We Want More — Or Less?,” Jeffrey S. Sutton • Note, “Improving Relief from Abusive Debt Collection Practices” In addition, student case notes explore Recent Cases on such diverse subjects as standing in increased-risk lawsuits, concealed carry permits, free speech and wedding photography, customary international law,…
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David Crump’s 2014 Courtroom Thriller Pits Herrick Against a Drug Kingpin and its Bank
New from the author of CONFLICT OF INTEREST and MURDER IN SUGAR LAND: Law professor David Crump’s latest courtroom drama features Houston trial lawyer Robert Herrick, in a case that risks it all. Herrick is the lawyer for the little guy in Houston, Texas. His courtroom experiences have been realistically recounted in David Crump’s previous novels, seen here and here. Now Herrick faces an international enemy of unbridled arrogance and ruthlessness: the drug kingpin El Jefe, whose petty grudge against a local reporter was expressed in a family bloodbath. Can a civil lawsuit against El Jefe’s bank bring some measure of justice? And who’s really to blame here, after all?…
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John Flood’s Study of the Corporate Law Firm Reveals a Side of Law Practice Often Ignored: Inside
A legal scholar and sociologist, John Flood spent years observing a large law firm from the inside—much like an embedded journalist, but with the perspective of a researcher on the theory and practice of legal organizations. What he found and analyzed resulted in a study that has been cited by many scholars over the years as the ultimate account of the inner workings of a corporate law firm, including its relations with clients, employees, and the broader profession. Further, using four detailed case studies, he showed how the construction of legal information and problems depended heavily on the role and specialization of the lawyer and the power of the client.…
