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Posts tagged with ‘Legal History’
INTENSELY READABLE HISTORY of four lives linked by the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials. Brilliant, wise. B PLUS
EAST WEST STREET: ON THE ORIGINS OF “GENOCIDE” AND “CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY”
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2016
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Legal History, Non-Fiction, World War II
ENGAGING HISTORY LOOKS at eight 19th-century US women attorneys, reveals much about challenges they faced.
Grade: SOLID B
REBELS AT THE BAR: THE FASCINATING, FORGOTTEN STORIES OF AMERICA'S FIRST WOMEN LAWYERS
New York University Press
2013
Tags: History, Legal History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, United States, Women's Issues
ENTERTAINING AND ENLIGHTENING look at how mathematics and statistics are used (and misused) in the courtroom.
Grade: B PLUS
MATH ON TRIAL: HOW NUMBERS GET USED AND ABUSED IN THE COURTROOM
Basic Books
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Legal History, Mathematics, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, True Crime
ENGAGING AND ENLIGHTENING HISTORY of Islam’s shari’a law, from its earliest days to the present moment.
Grade: A MINUS
HEAVEN ON EARTH: A JOURNEY THROUGH SHARI'A LAW FROM THE DESERTS OF ANCIENT ARABIA TO THE STREETS OF THE MODERN MUSLIM WORLD
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, History, Islam, Legal History, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
QUIRKY, HIGHLY INFORMATIVE overview of laws about sexual behavior from Hammurabi to the trial of Oscar Wilde.
Grade: SOLID B
SEX AND PUNISHMENT: FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF JUDGING DESIRE
Counterpoint
2012
Tags: History, Legal History, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Sexuality, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND the landmark gay rights decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Engaging and well researched!
Grade: B PLUS
FLAGRANT CONDUCT: THE STORY OF LAWRENCE V. TEXAS
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Legal History, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Texas, United States