Book Review
Law & Culture
I Recommend: Nino and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Scalia’s Last Years
|Collaborative writing can be a delicate endeavor for many judges, especially when collaborating with someone who is not a judge. Bryan Garner’s newest book, Nino and Me, offers not just an […]
Judge Reads
I Recommend: The Mirror and the Light
|Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and The Light is the final installment in her remarkable trilogy about the life of Thomas Cromwell. The first two, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, each won the Booker […]
Law & Culture
What Makes You Think You’re So Smart?
Vol. 104 No. 1 (2020) | A Clearer ViewIn recent years, scholars have taken new interest in people’s ability to reason rationally. The conventional take from economic theory is that, as rationally motivated individuals, people generally make appropriate […]
Judging
I Recommend: No Truth Left to Tell
|It’s 1994 in Lynnwood, Louisiana, a fictional large city with a history of Klan activity. As a purposeful remnant of supposedly long-ago racial hatred, five cross burnings take place in […]
Judging
I Recommend: The Knowledge Illusion
|People no doubt make errors in judgments. At the same time, we know people are capable of remarkable intellectual achievements. The tension between the two might prompt us to ask […]
Judging
I Recommend: Judicial Merit Selection
|Whether merit selection works is the key question that motivates Greg Goelzhauser’s innovative and timely inquiry in Judicial Merit Selection: Institutional Design and Performance for State Courts, the latest addition […]
Technology
I Recommend: AI Superpowers
|I recommend AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee — a book first recommended to me by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. […]
Law & Culture
I Recommend: In Hoffa’s Shadow
|I recently finished listening to Jack Goldsmith’s recent book, In Hoffa’s Shadow. I highly recommend it. Professor Goldsmith is on the Harvard Law School faculty and is one of our […]
Law & Culture
I Recommend: Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense
by Daniel Coble
|Ask any American today what the trial of the century was, and you will likely get varying answers, ranging from OJ Simpson to Paul Manafort. However, ask any New York […]
Law & Culture
I Recommend: The Body Keeps the Score
|The book that has recently altered my approach to others and to my work is The Body Keeps the Score by neuroscientist Bessel Van der Kolk. The book summarizes, for […]