School of Law

"Beautifully written. At a time when heroes and inspirational figures are in short supply, Tsai provides a compelling account of how Stephen Bright fought for justice." ― Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley School of Law and author of We the People

"This book provides a comprehensive overview of insurance regulation in the US. It should be required reading for all US insurance regulatory attorneys (and US insurance regulators as well). Equally important, it will prove to be a valuable resource for EU and UK attorneys who have insurance clients doing business, or who want to do business, in the US." -- Frederic M. Garsson, Saul Ewing LLP, US

"Policy options for cannabis regulation are complicated in states where laws on medical or recreational use conflict with federal laws on the possession, transport, or sale of cannabis. Wexler develops a framework for evaluating different economic and legal policies according to how well they serve ten different values, including public health, revenue maximization, and equity. . . . Recommended." ― CHOICE

“This is a remarkable book. Pnina Lahav paints a portrait of Israel’s fourth prime minister that is at once fascinating and nuanced. Lahav brilliantly deploys the lens of gender to illuminate the life of Golda Meir, the history of Israel, and the history of feminism.” – Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Constructing Basic Liberties offers a nuanced and comprehensive defense of common law constitutional interpretation as it has been applied to one of the Constitution’s most general and far-reaching provisions: the due process clause." – The New York Review of Books

"Against Progress is a satisfying, witty, and altogether magnificent provocation about the ethical limits of owning ideas. What happens when 'the road to progress' (which patent, intellectual property, and trademark laws are supposed to sustain) becomes littered with privatized toll booths and heavy fines? What happens when the right to profit from one's creativity hardens into an extractive vise so overreaching that it stifles broad economies of knowledge production? Most importantly, what happens when the internet's pyrrhic gift of viral reproductibility enables vast abuses of power, outright theft, and the widespread impoverishment of musicians, artists, writers, inventors? Jessica Silbey's brilliant book reanimates the values and virtues that once informed this legal arena: fairness, honesty, civic empathy, restraint, and the world-building sociality of shared creative enterprise." – Patricia J. Williams, Northeastern University

“Besson’s analysis of the role of information technology in the new economy is an interesting one and worth reading.” – Robert Atkinson, New York Journal of Books

"What a brilliant idea to invite critical race theorists to reimagine some of the most important and impactful legal cases in our history. The provocative collection shows what might have been if justices and judges employed an equitable lens to cases. It also shows what can still be: a fairer, egalitarian world." - Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist

"With Breached!, Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog have made a foundational contribution to data security law. With deep insight, compelling storytelling, and even humor (and some needed fright), the scholars show that lawmakers must better understand that beneath the high-tech wizardry and data security do's and don'ts are normal, fallible people. This book is a must read for everyone concerned about the security of our personal data. It is creative and practical in its solutions. Bravo!" – Danielle Keats Citron, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law and Caddell and Chapman Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

"Thinking Like a Writer is the best writing guide for lawyers I’ve ever found. I’ve used it both in my work and for teaching younger lawyers for many years." – Kirk C. Jenkins, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, President of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers (2020-2021)

"It’s about time the much-neglected US Supreme Court ruling Hall v. Decuir (1878) received serious book-length attention, for this ‘long-forgotten’ decision is more than an ironic milestone on the road to Plessy. In Jack Beermann’s telling, it is no less a poignant turning point in the decisive marginalization of nineteenth-century Louisiana’s mixed-race community. We owe him a huge debt for wresting this maddeningly tragic story from history’s hidden shadows."—Lawrence N. Powell, professor emeritus of history, Tulane University, and author of The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

"Not only is this book chock-full of practical advice, but―thanks to Bove's unfailing sense of humor―it's great fun to read as well." ―Richard E. Band, former editor, Personal Finance Newsletter

"This is a superb work that will serve as a handy reference for both experts and novices confronted with multinational estate planning problems. The excellent organization and clearly written text assure quick and reliable answers to critical issues. The appendix is especially helpful, putting at the reader's fingertips relevant treaties and tax forms. A terrific job." -Professor Jeffrey Schoenblum, Vanderbilt Law School, Author of Multistate and Multinational Estate Planning

"An important and clear-minded book by a leading scholar of law and public policy that explores our evolving understanding of bigotry in the context of debates over gay rights and religious liberty. Deeply illuminating." – Stephen Macedo, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

“Read this important and timely book. Then send it to every politician and health policy wonk you know. Your financial solvency and health depend on their learning what this book teaches.” – Arthur L. Caplan, NYU Langone Medical Center

"A zesty, opinionated assessment of how non-Christians should actually behave....With curiosity and openness, Wexler performs the action that he advocates: that is, making heard a 'cacophony' of voices in public life so that different viewpoints get brought to the fore." – Dan Friedman, Los Angeles Review of Books

"In her substantial body of legal work, Professor Frankel has enlightened us on a host of topics, from securitization to mutual funds to fiduciary duties. In this newest book, she draws upon her rich personal experiences to help us better understand each other. In today’s fractured world, this lesson of cultural sensitivity could not be more important. As she reminds us in her conclusion, 'Like it or not, we need each other.'" – Professor Peter Tufano, Peter Moores Dean, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

"A superb, deftly written history of the unsettling transformation of an aristocratic-tinged constitutional republic to a partisan white male democracy." – Mary Sarah Bilder, Founders Professor of Law, Boston College

"Tsai writes with a passion about the moral necessity of eliminating the damage inequality does. This framework will resonate with readers interested in equality and advocacy." ― Publishers Weekly

“Filled with fascinating examples and written in a lively and accessible way, Privacy’s Blueprint is the definitive chronicle of Privacy by Design. This is one of the most important books about privacy in our times.” – Daniel J. Solove, author of Understanding Privacy

"Webber makes a persuasive case for the potential power of the pension funds he seeks to enlist in this effort...[he] backs up his argument... with examples of corporate battles they have fought and won... [and] makes a good case that there is no logical reason always to define those workers' interests narrowly..."– New York Review of Books

“Behavioral law and economics is ascending. Teitelbaum and Zeiler, leaders in this emerging field, have put together an indispensable volume, including helpful literature reviews, new findings and critically important methodological discussions. These contributions are mandatory reading for researchers in the field and, more importantly, for policymakers that move, sometimes too quickly, to translate the research into law.” — Oren Bar-Gill, Harvard Law School, US

“A Great Power of Attorney is the best book written about judicial interpretation of the Constitution in my lifetime! It is must reading for anyone interested in American constitutional law or judicial review.” — Steven G. Calabresi, the Clayton J. and Henry R. Barber Professor of Law, Northwestern University

“Evidence of the Law illuminates how many of the issues that are treated explicitly for factual disputes (for example, admissibility rules and burdens and standards of proof) are also present in disputes about questions of law—however, they are typically presupposed or left implicit in legal doctrine, reasoning, and decision making. Those who specialize in any doctrinal area of law will see how these epistemological issues apply in their domains, and those who specialize in areas of evidence, proof, and procedure will see ways in which their conceptual tools may have broader applicability throughout the law. This is a book that should be read by every law professor, and probably every judge and litigator, as well.” —Michael S. Pardo, University of Alabama School of Law, coauthor of Minds, Brains, and Law: The Conceptual Foundations of Law and Neuroscience

“Glennon and Sloane’s Foreign Affairs Federalism immediately becomes the definitive work in the field. The authors decisively overthrow the conventional assumption that states have no role in US foreign affairs. And they carefully and comprehensively replace it with a vision of shared responsibility that is faithful to the founding experience and relevant for today’s legal practice. It is an outstanding accomplishment.” — Michael D. Ramsey, Professor of Law and Director of International and Comparative Law Programs, University of San Diego School of Law

“If you’ve ever wondered where fronds for Palm Sunday came from or what to do if you find an expired bald eagle, your questions will be answered in this illuminating book.” — Booklist

"Penned by a Boston University law professor and former Supreme Court clerk, Tuttle in the Balance offers a goofy and fundamentally human take on one of the nation's top government figures that's likely to appeal to those who prefer political humor to political drama. . . . Along with the laughs, it also delivers some solid musings on success, friendship, and aging." – The A.V. Club

“James Fleming exhorts us to recognize both the good and the bad in our nation’s history, to honor the Constitution’s aspirational commitments, and to realize our country’s potential for a more perfect union. This remarkable book is a powerful statement of Fleming’s moral reading of the Constitution and an excellent guide to contemporary constitutional theory.” — Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School 

"Ultimately, The Eureka Myth does truly 'chart new terrain for our understanding of . . . scientific and artistic innovation and the intellectual property that purports to sustain them' (pp.5–6). Silbey offers unique insights into the work and motivations of creators and innovators and makes an original and thoughtful contribution to the discourse on intellectual property rights. The Eureka Myth would be a good addition to an academic law library collection, and it is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in intellectual law and policy." – Morgan M. Stoddard, Law Library Journal

"David Lyons's marvelous book is a most informed and majestically searching discussion of American Slavery. . . . tremendous intellectual power and insightfulness, as well as marvelous honesty of thought." – Laurence Thomas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

“I highly recommend this thought provoking and compelling book. It examines parenthood at a time when the concept of the family is radically changing, most notably stemming from the rise of single-parent households and divorced and blended families. And it proposes a number of intelligent and important solutions. After all, the long-term health of our representative democracy is dependent on our ability, as parents, to prepare our children for the future.” — Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court

“In this robust defense of political liberalism, James Fleming and Linda McClain argue that protecting rights and promoting personal responsibility are not in conflict. Both state and civil society should help people learn how to govern themselves, respect each other, and develop their own moral capacities. This is an important book that moves beyond old debates about rights and addresses the problems of pluralism in the twenty-first century.” — Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School

"Laws of Creation revisits the important debates that have developed within the field of intellectual property law, and enlightens them with the perspective and logical apparatus of law and economics. Definitely, this is a book that academics in the field and libraries worldwide would want to have.” — Francesco Parisi, University of Minnesota Law School

“A financial thriller, a masterly page-turning inquiry into tragi-comic gullibility and greed, of Ponzi victims and perpetrators alike. The belief in market rationality (another confidence trick?) and the rocketing returns of finance, induced clever people to forget that there was no free lunch.” — Avner Offer, Chichele Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Oxford

“In Holy Hullabaloos, Jay Wexler took us along on what he called a “road trip” to some of the most important places connected to the First Amendment’s religion clauses. This time, in The Odd Clauses, Wexler exits off the highway to take us on a tour of some back roads of constitutional law: places scholars and the public seldom visit like the Bill of Attainder Clause or the Third Amendment (which prohibits quartering of troops in private houses during peacetime, in case you didn’t know.) The result is magical: you’ll have so much fun reading about these unsung constitutional provisions that you won’t realize until the trip is over how much you’ve learned.” — Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law

“Baxter’s study offers the first extended discussion of the development of Habermas’s views on law and society—a development not without its own tensions and difficulties—from The Theory of Communicative Action to Between Facts and Norms. It also highlights the underacknowledged influence of Niklas Luhmann, the other great contemporary German legal and social theorist, on Habermas’s views as a whole. An informed and important contribution to our understanding of Habermas’s political, legal, and social theory.” — Kenneth Baynes, Syracuse University

“Bridges radically and actively demonstrates the truth of her claims through outstanding ethnography and analysis. Eminently praiseworthy.” — Robbie Davis-Floyd, author of Birth as American Rite of Passage and lead editor for British Models That Work

“Religion and politics are the two things we are not supposed to talk about. Jay Wexler does—with deadpan humor. We need to tone down the anger over these issues, and he shows the way.” — Alan Wolfe, author of Does American Democracy Still Work?