Law Catalog 2025

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MICHAEL H. POSNER

THE GREAT MISCALCULATION

THE RACE TO SAVE NEW YORK CITY’S CITICORP TOWER

MICHAEL M. GREENBURG

A guide for business leaders working to create socially conscious, sustainable companies—while pursuing profits 376

NATION AT RISK ELECTION INTEGRITY AS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE

JULIAN E. ZELIZER AND KAREN J. GREENBERG

The nation’s top political scientists, historians, and legal scholars propose solutions for democracy’s future

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How an engineering crisis threatened a career, a building, and the lives of countless New Yorkers

A history of the humble footnote and its impact on the highest court in the land

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Explores the critical role that American lawyers have played since the nation’s founding and what the future holds for the profession

SEDITION HOW AMERICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER EMERGED FROM VIOLENT CRISIS

MARCUS ALEXANDER GADSON

How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our history

SECRETS OF THE KILLING STATE THE UNTOLD STORY OF LETHAL INJECTION

CORINNA BARRETT LAIN

Lethal injection is nothing like what people think. This is its untold story.

LAW DEMOCRATIZED A BLUEPRINT FOR SOLVING THE JUSTICE CRISIS

RENEE KNAKE JEFFERSON

A practical plan for providing legal help to all, regardless of resources

#METOO AND THE POLITICS OF TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISIM AN ANTHOLOGY

EDITED BY CHAITANYA LAKKIMSETT AND VANITA REDDY

THE BODY AUTONOMY, CONTROL, AND THE BROKEN PROMISE OF EQUALITY IN AMERICAN LAW

EDITED BY AUSTIN SARAT AND SUSANNA LEE

How legal regulation of the body is practiced and justified

WHAT ROE V WADE SHOULD HAVE SAID THE NATION’S TOP LEGAL EXPERTS REWRITE AMERICA’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL DECISION

EDITED BY JACK M. BALKIN

A unique introduction to the constitutional arguments for and against the right to abortion

The global context of a feminist movement 344

ENTICEMENTS

QUEER LEGAL STUDIES

EDITED BY JOSEPH J. FISCHEL AND  BRENDA COSSMAN

Provides a variety of queer, interdisciplinary interventions upon the social and legal regulation of sex, gender, reproduction, and family

An in-depth look at the global movement to curtail LGBTI rights

DEFENDING

PORNOGRAPHY FREE SPEECH, SEX, AND THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS NADINE STROSSEN

A new edition of a groundbreaking, feminist defense of pornography as free speech

THE NEW SEX WARS SEXUAL HARM IN THE #METOO ERA

BRENDA COSSMAN

Revisits the sex wars of the 1970s and ’80s and examines their influence on how we think about sexual harm in the #MeToo era

THE JURIPRUDENTIAL LEGACY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

EDITED BY RYAN VACCA AND ANN BARTOW

Provides a sweeping overview of Justice Ginsburg’s jurisprudence

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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

EDITED BY JONATHAN

Offers an assessment of how children’s rights take shape at various stages of child development and can inform law and policy

HOW ABOLISHING THE COURT BRINGS JUSTICE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

JANE M. SPINAK

Explores the failures of family court and calls for immediate and permanent change

SOLANGEL MALDONADO

Explores the reach of the law into our most personal and private romantic lives

The Psychology and the Law series provides a series of commissioned books on the major law topics, informing the law with psychological research findings. They outline the important issues for legal practice on their given topic, applying psychological research findings to them and thus providing an empirical basis for legal practice.

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EDITED BY CLARE HUNTINGTON,CHRISTIANE VON BARY AND  COURTNEY G. JOSLIN

Investigates social parents, who function as parents but may not be recognized as such in the eyes of the law

New perspectives on property law, and suggests avenues of reform

RACE, GENDER, AND THE POLITICS OF WELFARE

ARDEN ROWELL AND KENWORTHEY BILZ

Offers psychological insights into how people perceive, respond to, value, and make decisions about the environment

DORAN LARSON

A powerful critique of mass incarceration by the people who have experienced it

NARRATIVES OF GUILT AND INNOCENCE

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASES

RALPH GRUNEWALD

2023 Co-Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, given by the Law and Society Association

288 PP | CLOTH | $45.00 | 9781479818198

POLICING HATRED LAW ENFORCEMENT, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND HATE CRIME

JEANNINE BELL

Explores the intersection of race and law enforcement in the controversial area of hate crime

In Critical America

THE SLOW DEATH OF THE DEATH PENALTY TOWARD A POSTMORTEM

EDITED BY TODD C. PEPPERS, JAMIE ALMALLEN, AND MARY WELEK ATWELL

Why the death penalty is in decline across the United States

THE FUTURE OF POLICE REFORM

THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PROMISE OF LAWFUL POLICING

SAMUEL WALKER

PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTION

RACE AND REFORM IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

EDITED BY KIM TAYLORTHOMPSON AND ANTHONY C. THOMPSON

Provides compelling and manageable solutions for how to reform the criminal justice system from the inside out

The first thorough study of the Justice Department’s pattern or practice program 227

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Shines a light on the

DIVERSIFYING THE

COURTS

RACE, GENDER, AND JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY

NANCY SCHERER

Examines the decisions of US presidents to appoint judges from diverse backgrounds to federal courts

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THE COLOR OF CRIME, THIRD EDITION

RACIAL HOAXES, WHITE CRIME, MEDIA MESSAGES, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND OTHER RACE-BASED HARMS

KATHERYN RUSSELL-BROWN

YOUNG AND UNDOCUMENTED POLITICAL BELONGING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

JULIA ALBARRACÍN

The experiences of DACA recipients

CAROL CLEAVELAND AND MICHELE WASLIN

How the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violence

| 9781479824335 PRIVATE VIOLENCE LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN AND THE STRUGGLE FOR ASYLUM

THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF IMMIGRATION COURT

PROCEDURAL JUSTICE ON TRIAL

MAYA PAGNI BARAK

The arduous, confusing and fraught journey that immigrants take through immigration court

RECONFIGURING REFUGEES

THE US RETREAT FROM RESPONSIBILITY-SHARING ALISE COEN

Shows how domestic identity narratives and political polarization shape the sociopolitical response to refugees

THE IMMIGRATION LAW DEATH PENALTY AGGRAVATED FELONIES, DEPORTATION, AND LEGAL RESISTANCE

SARAH TOSH

Traces the role of the aggravated felony in today’s deportation regime

LAWRENCE ROSEN

Argues for a refined concept of culture to

GOD’S RESISTANCE MOBILIZING FAITH TO DEFEND IMMIGRANTS

BRAD CHRISTERSON,  ALEXIA SALVATIERRA, ROBERT CHAO ROMERO AND NANCY WANG YUEN

Explores the power of faith to drive resistance to antiimmigration policies in the United States

CITIZEN

MICHAEL J. GERHARDT

A clear overview of impeachment

CHALLENGING CONFINEMENT

MASS INCARCERATION AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IN WOMEN’S PRISONS

BONNIE L. ERNST

Examines how the feminist movements in the late twentieth century ignited prison protests and reform in women’s prisons

200 PP | CLOTH | $35.00 | 9781479825561

STATES OF CONFUSION HOW OUR VOTER ID LAWS FAIL DEMOCRACY AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT DON WAISANEN, SONIA R. JARVIS AND NICOLE A.GORDON

Shows the maddening difficulties that voter ID requirements create for participants in US democracy and offers concrete solutions

UNCOUNTED THE CRISIS OF VOTER SUPPRESSION IN AMERICA

GILDA R. DANIELS

An answer to the assault on voting rights—crucial reading in light of the 2024 presidential election

THE PARTISAN GAP WHY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN GET ELECTED BUT REPUBLICAN WOMEN DON’T

LAUREL ELDER

Winner of the 2022 Victoria Schuck Award, given by the American Political Science Association

“LET US VOTE!” YOUTH VOTING RIGHTS AND THE 26TH AMENDMENT

JENNIFER FROST

The fascinating tale of how a bipartisan coalition worked successfully to lower the voting age

SCHOOL PUNISHMENT AND THE LEGACY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE

AARON KUPCHIK

How the historic resistance to racial desegregation in schools led to the over-punishment of students today

A FEDERAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR DEMOCRACY

EDITED BY KIMBERLY JENKINS ROBINSON

How the United States can provide equal educational opportunity to every child

technology companies profit from our increasing dependence on digital infrastructure and the privatization of data

CIARA

Reveals how corporate greed led to scandal and the January 6th insurrection—and how we can stop it from happening again

Exposes the threats to our personal and political identity in the age

AND REPAIR NOMOS LXV

EDITED BY MELISSA SCHWARTZBERG AND ERIC BEERBOHM

Features contributions that respond to deep challenges to social cohesion from racial injustice

MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS IN IMMIGRATION COURT

A GUIDE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS

VIRGINIA BARBERRIOJA, ADEYINKA M. AKINSULURESMITH AND SARAH VENDZULES

PROSE Award Psychology Finalist

312 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479834662

VARIETIES OF SUICIDAL EXPERIENCE

A NEW THEORY OF SUICIDAL VIOLENCE

THOMAS JOINER

PROSE Award Finalist for Psychology and Applied Social Work

224 PP | PAPER

$30.00 | 9781479823475

CRIMINAL TRIALS AND MENTAL DISORDERS

THOMAS L. HAFEMEISTER

The complicated relationship between defendants with mental health disorders and the criminal justice system

384 PP | PAPER | $37.00 | 9781479861644

CIVIC EDUCATION IN POLARIZED TIMES NOMOS LXVI

EDITED BY ELIZABETH BEAUMONT AND ERIC BEERBOHM

Reveals the possibilities and challenges of civic education in circumstances of extreme polarization

MENTAL HEALTH AND THE LAW

VIOLENCE AND MENTAL ILLNESS

RETHINKING RISK FACTORS AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY

ERIC B. ELBOGEN AND NICO VERYKOUKIS

Shows that the myth that mental illness is strongly linked to violence makes us all less safe

PP | PAPER | $28.00 | 9781479801459

LAW, BEHAVIOR, AND MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND PRACTICE

STEVEN R. SMITH, ROBERT MEYER

788 PP | PAPER

$45.00 | 9780814778876

JAILHOUSE INFORMANTS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES

JEFFREY S. NEUSCHATZ AND JONATHAN M. GOLDING

Offers a new understanding of jailhouse informants and the role they play in wrongful convictions

RICHARD DELGADO AND JEAN STEFANCIC

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory THE ORGINS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY

SEX IS AS SEX DOES GOVERNING TRANSGENDER IDENTITY

PAISLEY CURRAH

Winner, Sexuality and Politics Book Award

Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics

256 PP | PAPER | $19.95 | 9780814717097

TOUGHEST GUN CONTROL LAW IN THE NATION

THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF NEW YORK’S SAFE ACT

JAMES B. JACOBS AND ZOE FUHR

256 PP | PAPER | $24.00 | 9781479825868

THE PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT CREATED A MOVEMENT

AJA Y. MARTINEZ AND ROBERT O. SMITH

Explores the lives and intellectual influences of the creators of critical race theory

FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH

TEN CASES THAT DEFINE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS

IAN ROSENBERG

A user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States

312 PP | PAPER | $18.95 | 9781479825912

ESSENTIAL LEGAL ENGLISH IN CONTEXT UNDERSTANDING THE VOCABULARY OF US LAW AND GOVERNMENT

KAREN M. ROSS

Winner of the 2019 Global Legal Skills Book Award

A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for improvements 272 PP | PAPER | $32.00 | 9781479831678

SHOBA

A FUNCTIONAL AND DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORK ALEJANDRO CAMACHO AND ROBERT GLICKSMAN

A pioneering model for constructing and assessing government authority and achieving policy goals

PRISON BORN INCARCERATION AND MOTHERHOOD IN THE COLONIAL SHADOW

F HANSEN

A scathing critique of the colonial legal system’s denial of children’s rights

336 PP | PAPER | $29.95 | 9781779400079

BANANA CAPITAL STORIES, SCIENCE, AND POISON AT THE EQUATOR BEN BRISBOIS

Explores the farreaching impacts of pesticides in Ecuador’s banana industry

368 PP | PAPER

$34.95 | 9781779400345

A NEW GLOBAL GEOMETRY? SOCIALIST REGISTER 2024

EDITED BY GREG ALBO

Scrutinizes possibilities for an equalised global order

332 PP | PAPER

$29.00 | 9781685900397

DARKEST BEFORE DAWN WRITINGS, TESTIMONIES AND CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE LIFE OF ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE

EDITED BY DEREK HOOK AND ESWIN LAUBSCHER

A collection of Robert Sobukwe’s political writings, speeches and court testimonies

CREATING A SEAT AT THE TABLE REFLECTIONS FROM WOMEN IN LAW

EDITED BY BETH BILSON, LEAH HOWIE AND BREA LOWENBERGER

Eighteen female lawyers reflect on their hopes, challenges, triumphs, and, sometimes, regrets

288 PP | PAPER | $29.95 | 9780889779419

GEHL V CANADA CHALLENGING SEX DISCRIMINATION IN THE INDIAN ACT

LYNN GEHL

How the Gehl decision advanced indigenous rights in Canada

288 PP | PAPER

$21.95 | 9780889778252

PARAGUAYAN SORROW WRITINGS OF RAFAEL BARRETT, A RADICAL VOICE IN A DISPOSSESSED LAND RAFAEL BARRETT

The first-ever English translation of one of the legends of the Latin American left

240 PP | PAPER

$26.00 | 9781685900786

ABORTION SERVICES AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA

ULANDI DU PLESSIS AND CATRIONA IDA MACLEOD

An insightful and informative resource –the first of its kind

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