Especially Heinous: Guilt and the Prosecution of Sex Crimes
Vanessa Place argues that to pretend sex criminals are inhuman is to excuse ourselves from showing calculated mercy to the hated and reviled.
Vanessa Place argues that to pretend sex criminals are inhuman is to excuse ourselves from showing calculated mercy to the hated and reviled.
Jessica PishkoNov 16, 2015
"The Quartet" should find readership among all those interested in the drama involved in the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.
Joyce ApplebyNov 9, 2015
The very first dissent was written by Justice Thomas Johnson in the long forgotten case of "Georgia v. Brailsford" (1793).
Stephen RohdeOct 27, 2015
USC law professor Jody D. Armour talks about the idea behind his latest project "Nigga Theory" and the power in its name.
Jerry GorinOct 11, 2015
Beyond his impressive legal career, Charles Rembar wrote three fascinating books, which have just been released in ebook format.
Stephen RohdeOct 8, 2015
Gary Spence hates prosecutors. I’m a prosecutor.
Laurie L. LevensonSep 14, 2015
"The remarkable thing is how few lawyers seem to realize they are supposed to be storytellers at all."
Jan BreslauerAug 2, 2015
Don Franzen examines the Obergefell v. Hodges decision which federally legalized gay marriage.
Don FranzenJul 18, 2015
The new edition of the classic how-to book on the laws of Hollywood.
Corey FieldJul 11, 2015
nbsp; TWO YEARS AGO, June 6, 2013, England’s Guardian newspaper ran this startling headline: America’s National Security Agency (the NSA) was...
Don FranzenJun 5, 2015
In After Snowden, six legal and media experts explore the ramifications of Snowden’s conduct and the legal landscape that has led to the NSA’s...
Anne RichardsonJun 5, 2015
A state-by-state tour through constitutional issues including state secession, the First Amendment and student speech, and the right to bear arms.
Erwin ChemerinskyMay 31, 2015
While paying lip service to the “poetry” of the First Amendment, Burt Neuborne turns his book into an argument in favor of less First Amendment...
Stephen RohdeApr 8, 2015
Jake Heggie talks with LARB's Stephen Rohde about his opera, "Dead Man Walking" and its treatment, musically and dramatically, of the death penalty.
Stephen RohdeMar 6, 2015
Anne Richardson on Mohamedou Ould Slahi's "Guantánamo Diary"
Anne RichardsonFeb 15, 2015
Read Roth's book "if you are interested in the subject matter, or if you are a judge, lawyer, elected official, or a 'student' of jurisprudence."
Gil GarcettiFeb 8, 2015
On Marie Gottschalk, race, poverty, and welfare in the United States.
Stephen LurieFeb 4, 2015
"It takes guts to write about a serious subject with a sense of humor."
Jonathan ShapiroJan 21, 2015
Burns cruelly sinks all our hopes of a reformed system with the most pessimistic and conclusory line in his book: “Here optimists really are fools.”
Peter J. ShakowJan 18, 2015
Why would a pluralistic and secular society single out for special treatment any system of belief?
Stephen RohdeDec 3, 2014
Copyright policy and outrage are in the news.
Mark A. FischerNov 30, 2014
"Scalia is the foremost champion of originalism ever to serve on the Court. But will it survive his tenure?"
Erwin ChemerinskyNov 2, 2014
The United States currently faces an unprecedented prison crisis.
Jessica PishkoOct 5, 2014
Erwin Chemerinsky attempts to save the Supreme Court from its own worst enemy.
Jonathan ShapiroSep 24, 2014