Basic Books
A conversation with author Stephen Vladeck who has been called out publicly by Justice Samuel Alito for his criticism of the Supreme Court’s abuse of the shadow docket.
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Daniel S. Medwed demonstrates just how astronomical the odds are against anyone who tries to question a guilty verdict, no matter how suspect the conviction.
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British historian Adam Zamoyski has drawn a portrait of Napoleon that is neither flattering nor diminishing.
Read MoreReaders inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.
Read MoreJames Traub has admirably captured the man inside the public figure, giving us a complex view of a typical New England grandee.
Read MoreIt is nice to know that there is someone as cultivated and enthusiastic about constitutional history as Professor Akhil Reed Amar.
Read More“Yes, America might have been a nation of Christians, but that was different from being formally a Christian nation.”
Read MoreIn this book, Boston College historian Heather Cox Richardson explores the (d)evolution of the Republican Party from its founding in 1854 through the presidency of George W. Bush.
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Book Review: “Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class”
Dan Canon provides not only the statistics but powerful stories to demonstrate the extent to which plea bargaining has bankrupted the justice system
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