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EAST WEST STREET by Philippe Sands

September 29, 2016

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

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REBELS AT THE BAR, by Jill Norgren

June 16, 2013

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

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MATH ON TRIAL, by Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez

March 19, 2013

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

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HEAVEN ON EARTH, by Sadakat Kadri

December 17, 2012

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

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SEX AND PUNISHMENT, by Eric Berkowitz

August 23, 2012

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

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FLAGRANT CONDUCT, by Dale Carpenter

April 13, 2012

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

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