December 22, 2009
Peter Philbrook puts Snitching by Alexandra Natapoff on top of his list at bn.com, The Best of 2009: Bookseller’s Choice. It’s certainly not a shattering insight, and one that must… READ MORE
December 9, 2009
Christiana Spiesel, co-author of Law on Display, has a new blog post up at change.org describing one criminal case that hinged on video evidence. To see the video and the… READ MORE
December 7, 2009
The Huffington Post interviews Mark Denbeaux, author of The Guantanamo Lawyers, who oversaw the report that came out this morning regarding three deaths at the infamous prison. Q: You conclude… READ MORE
October 22, 2009
Lecture for Harris Institute, Washington University School of Law “Guantánamo and the Rule of Law” October 20, 2009 Jonathan Hafetz, co-editor of The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the… READ MORE
October 19, 2009
Guest Post by Martha Chamallas, cross-posted from TortsProf Blog. If you are not a torts professor, you might think it odd that the two approaches that currently dominate tort theory… READ MORE
October 16, 2009
NYU Press is proud to announce a new book series that addresses the social, legal, and political challenges facing the modern family. Families, Law, and Society will publish innovative work… READ MORE
May 27, 2009
Chronicle Weekly wrote up a brief tale from Susan Schweik’s The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public. Excerpt below, full story here. On patrol in Omaha in 1974, a police officer… READ MORE
May 18, 2009
An excerpt from Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era, edited by Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Ethan Thompson. Go to Alternet to read the full article…. READ MORE