March 16, 2012
Marjorie Cohn, editor of The United States and Torture, speaks to Mark Karlin of Truthout about America’s long relationship with interrogation and torture. [This interview originally appeared in Truthout. You can read it… READ MORE
February 16, 2012
by Leigh Goodmark, author of A Troubled Marriage: Domestic Violence and the Legal System Republican recalcitrance around the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act has been in the news… READ MORE
November 4, 2011
At the end of October, AAUP’s Books for Understanding rounded up key titles on capital punishment, including subtopics such as history, justice and morality, personal and international perspectives, and capital… READ MORE
October 28, 2011
If you didn’t see NYU Press author Leigh Goodmark’s op-ed in the Baltimore Sun last week, check it out here! In “Domestic violence: Legal system fails abused women,” Goodmark asserts that it’s… READ MORE
May 19, 2011
Op-ed by Marjorie Cohn, editor of The United States and Torture. When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack… READ MORE
May 18, 2011
Commencement ceremonies are taking place at colleges throughout the country this month, and few students realize that they’ve all graduated with an extra elective: Constitutional Law. In his new book,… READ MORE
April 5, 2011
Jonathan Hafetz, author of Habeas Corpus after 9/11 and co-editor of The Guantanamo Lawyers (now in paperback!), spent the month of March live-blogging on Concurring Opinions, a leading blog for… READ MORE
March 28, 2011
Anis Shivani, a champion of university presses and one of the most badass commentators on the publishing industry as a whole, wrote a scorching condemnation today of the New York… READ MORE