{"id":50451,"date":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/supreme\/legal-commentary\/book-reviews-by-title-3.html"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","slug":"book-reviews-by-title-3","status":"publish","type":"supreme","link":"https:\/\/supreme.findlaw.com\/legal-commentary\/book-reviews-by-title-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Book Reviews By Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MARK S. ZAID<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HOW A SEA CHANGE IN CIVIL LIABILITY THREATENS TO DROWN THE FIRST AMENDMENT:
A REVIEW OF PROFESSOR ROBERT M. O’Neil’S THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND CIVIL LIABILITY<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw book reviewer, attorney, and James Madison Project Executive Director \nMark Zaid assesses University of Virginia professor Robert O’Neil’s new \nbook, which contends that in recent years, the prospect of media liability \nhas increased, to the detriment of the First Amendment. Zaid explains, among \nother points, how recent cases threaten to hold the creators of movies and \nbooks responsible if their works are used as “instruction manuals” for \nviolence.\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Dec. 21, 2001<\/span>
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ELAINE CASSEL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH HIS BIOGRAPHER, CLARENCE THOMAS REMAINS AN ENIGMA:
A REVIEW OF ANDREW PEYTON THOMAS’S RECENT WORK ON THE JUSTICE’S LIFE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw book reviewer, attorney, and author Elaine Cassel finds a recent \nbiography of Justice Clarence Thomas to be sharply reported but frustratingly \nincomplete. Cassell notes, however, that the biography does include \nintriguing details about Thomas’ religious beliefs, confirmation hearings, \nand childhood. \n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Dec. 14, 2001<\/span>
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MATTHEW HERRINGTON<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AN AMBIVALENT ACCOUNT OF NIXON’S SURPRISINGLY GOOD CIVIL RIGHTS RECORD:
A REVIEW OF DEAN KOTLOWSKI’S NIXON’S CIVIL RIGHTS<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw book reviewer and attorney Matthew Herrington assesses Dean \nKotlowski’s recent historical work, Nixon’s Civil Rights. Herrington praises \nKotlowski’s scholarship and research, but notes his ambivalence about \npraising Nixon, even when praise is due, for his civil rights advances. \n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Dec. 07, 2001<\/span>
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DAVID DORSEN<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LEARNING ABOUT RUBY RIDGE, WACO, AND THE FBI’S ANTI-TERRORISM AGENTS:
A REVIEW OF CHRISTOPHER WHITCOMB’S COLD ZERO: INSIDE THE FBI HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nAttorney, Georgetown law professor, and Duke public policy professor David \nDorsen reviews former FBI agent Christopher Whitcomb’s insider account of \nRuby Ridge, Waco, and the training for, and toll of, being part of the FBI’s \nhostage rescue team. Dorsen notes that this team should interest us now more \nthan ever, as one of their specialities is anti-terrorism.\n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Nov. 30, 2001<\/span>
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SONIA KUMARI KATYAL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE PUBLIC USE OF CREATIVITY, AND THE INTERNET:
A REVIEW OF LAWRENCE LESSIG’S THE FUTURE OF IDEAS<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nIntellectual property attorney Sonia Kumari Katyal discusses Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig’s new book, The Future of Ideas<\/u>. Lessig — a pioneer in exploring how the Internet may, and should, change intellectual property law — discusses in his book the open source movement and other movements that challenge the idea that intellectual property should always be private property.\n\n<\/span>
\n\nWednesday, Nov. 21, 2001<\/span>
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BARTON ARONSON<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A RARE ACCOUNT OF A JURY’S INNER WORKINGS:
A REVIEW OF D. GRAHAM BURNETT’S A TRIAL BY JURY<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw columnist and federal prosecutor Bart Aronson reviews a recent book about one foreman’s jury service on a murder case. Aronson explains why accounts of jury deliberation are now so rare, and explains the insights and limitations to be found in this one.\n\n<\/span>
\n\nTuesday, Nov. 20, 2001<\/span>
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ROGER CLEGG<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, BUT NOT ALL THAT’S FIT TO PRINT:
A REVIEW OF WILLIAM MCGOWAN’S COLORING THE NEWS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw book reviewer and general counsel to the Center for Equal\nOpportunity\nRoger Clegg reviews William McGowan’s recent book, Coloring the News: How\nCrusading for Diversity Has Corrupted American Journalism<\/i>. McGowan has\nassembled evidence suggesting that coverage on issues such as racism,\nethnicity, and gender are often either slanted or marked by important\nomissions. \n\n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Nov. 16, 2001<\/span>
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JOEL ZAND<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WOULD YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR THE FIRM, THE CLIENT, NEITHER OR BOTH?
A REVIEW OF PHILLIP MARGOLIN’S THE ASSOCIATE<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw book reviewer, and attorney Joel Zand reviews \nPhillip Margolin’s legal thriller, The Associate<\/i>. The Associate<\/i> shows why, \nfor one young attorney, a strong work ethic might be fatal. \n\n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Nov. 09, 2001<\/span>
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EDWARD LAZARUS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TELLING THE STORY OF JUSTICE REHNQUIST’S NOMINATION:
A REVIEW OF JOHN DEAN’S THE REHNQUIST CHOICE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw columnist and book reviewer Edward Lazarus discusses John Dean’s recent book on President Richard Nixon’s decision to nominate William Rehnquist to the Supreme Court. Lazarus weighs in on both how the book adds to the historical record, and what it tells us about Rehnquist’s character.\n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Nov. 02, 2001<\/span>
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DAVID C. LUNDSGAARD<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE STAIN ON AMERICAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY:
A REVIEW OF BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT: FDR AND THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nFindLaw book reviewer and attorney David Lundsgaard assesses Greg Robinson’s recent book, By Order of the President<\/u>, which discusses President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s involvement in, and responsibility for, the military orders that led to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Lundsgaard surveys the book’s answers to the question of how a President known for being exceptionally humane could nevertheless have been involved in the internment orders; notes why the book is more timely now than ever; and raises an important topic that the book omits, but should have included.\n\n<\/span>
\n\nFriday, Oct. 26, 2001<\/span>
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