• Affording Choice

    By RYAN D. DOERFLER

    Review of Choosing Not to Choose: Understanding the Value of Choice, by Cass R. Sunstein

    August 31, 2015
  • Law, Naturally

    By JOHN C.P. GOLDBERG

    Review of Natural Law in Court: A History of Legal Theory in Practice, by R. H. Helmholz

    August 26, 2015
    "Law, Naturally," by John C.P. Goldberg, review of Natural Law in Court: A History of Legal Theory in Practice, by Richard H. Helmholz
  • Past Perfect

    By RICHARD H. MCADAMS

    Review of Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee

    August 24, 2015
    "Past Perfect," by Richard H. McAdams, review of Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee
  • Untouchable

    By MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM

    Review of ANNIHILATION OF CASTE: The Annotated Critical Edition, by B. R. Ambedkar, edited and annotated by S. Anand

    August 19, 2015
    Annihilation of Caste, reviewed by Martha C. Nussbaum
  • Thought Turned Upside Down And Inside Out

    By CHARLES CLAVEY

    Review of LIVING THOUGHT: The Origins & Actuality of Italian Philosophy, by Roberto Esposito, Zakiya Hanafi, translator

    August 17, 2015
  • Rifts in Rationality

    By JAMES D. MILLER

    Review of RATIONALITY: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky

    August 12, 2015
    "Rifts in Rationality," by James D. Miller, review of RATIONALITY: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
  • Compliance on the Cheap

    By MITU GULATI

    Review of THE EXPRESSIVE POWERS OF LAW: Theories and Limits, by Richard McAdams

    August 10, 2015
    The Expressive Powers of Law: Theories and Limits, by Richard McAdams, reviewed by Mitu Gulati.
  • Unconditional Surrender

    By PAUL HAM

    Excerpt from HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath, by Paul Ham

    August 05, 2015
    HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath, by Paul Ham
  • Crisis Lawyering

    By DAVID ZARING

    Review of TO THE EDGE: Legality, Legitimacy, and the Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis, by Philip Wallach

    August 03, 2015
    TO THE EDGE: Legality, Legitimacy, and the Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis, by Philip Wallach
  • Institutional Cures For Cognitive Ailments

    By N. W. BARBER

    Review of SECURITIES AGAINST MISRULE: Juries, Assemblies, Elections, by Jon Elster

    July 29, 2015
    Securities Against Misrule: Juries, Assemblies, Elections, by Jon Elster, reviewed by N.W. Barber
  • What Ails the City?

    By AZIZ HUQ

    Review of GHETTOSIDE: A True Story of Murder in American, by Jill Leovy and RENEGADE DREAMS: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago, by Laurence Ralph

    July 27, 2015
    GHETTOSIDE: A True Story of Murder in American, by Jill Loevy and RENEGADE DREAMS: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago, by Laurence Ralph, reviewed by Aziz Huq
  • What Is Regulatory Capture?

    By PHILIP WALLACH

    Review of PREVENTING REGULATORY CAPTURE: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It, by Daniel Carpenter and David A. Moss, eds.

    July 22, 2015
    PREVENTING REGULATORY CAPTURE: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It
  • Between East and West

    By DANIEL ABEBE

    Review of CONFLICT IN UKRAINE: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order, by Rajan Menon and Eugene B. Rumer

    July 20, 2015
    CONFLICT IN UKRAINE: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order, by Rajan Menon and Eugene B. Rumer
  • A Conscience in Hell

    By CHARLES FRIED

    Review of KONRAD MORGEN: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge, by Herlinde Pauer-Studer and J. David Velleman

    July 15, 2015
    David Fried reviews KONRAD MORGEN: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge, by Herlinde Pauer-Studer and Herlinde Pauer-Studer
  • How Many Ways to Understand a Lover’s Love?

    By E. GARCÍA

    Review of LOVE: A Very Short Introduction, by Ronald de Sousa

    July 13, 2015
    Love, by Ronald de Sousa
  • Before the Arab Spring

    By DONNA ROBINSON DIVINE

    Review of THE FALL OF THE OTTOMANS: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan and A LAND OF ACHING HEARTS: The Middle East in the Great War, by Leila Tarazi Fawaz

    July 08, 2015
    Donna Robinson Divine reviews "THE FALL OF THE OTTOMANS: The Great War in the Middle East", by Eugene Rogan and "A LAND OF ACHING HEARTS: The Middle East in the Great War", by Leila Tarazi Fawaz. The New Rambler Review is an online review of books edited by Eric Posner, Adrian Vermeule and Blakey Vermeule.
  • Gaming the Laws of War

    By ADAM CHILTON

    Review of ORDER WITHIN ANARCHY: The Laws of War as An International Institution, by James D. Morrow

    July 01, 2015
    Order Within Anarchy by James D. Morrow
  • Exporting Democracy

    By GIULIANA CHAMEDES

    Review of THE WEIMAR CENTURY: German Émigrés and the Ideological Foundations of the Cold War, by Udi Greenberg

    June 29, 2015
    The Weimar Century, by Udi Greenberg
  • Social Change Litigation as Just Another Political Tool

    By SAMUEL R. BAGENSTOS

    Review of HOW POLICY SHAPES POLITICS: Rights, Courts, Litigation, and the Struggle Over Injury Compensation, by Jeb Barnes and Thomas Burke

    June 24, 2015
    How Public Policy Shapes Politics book review
  • How Should Prosecutors Punish Corporate Criminals?

    By RICHARD H. MCADAMS

    Review of TOO BIG TO JAIL: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations, by Brandon L. Garrett

    June 22, 2015
    Too Big To Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise With Corporations