Summer Reading

Hardcover Edited by Clare Cushman The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies 1789-2012, Third Edition provides a single-volume reference profiling every Supreme Court justice from John Jay through Elena Kagan. An...

The first comprehensive historical treatment of resignations, retirements and and deaths explaining when and why justices have stepped down.

By Jane Sherron de Hart In this large, comprehensive, revelatory biography, Jane De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg’s passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality,...

By Alexander Tsesis (Author) The history of America’s successes and failures in the battles for civil rights, from the Revolutionary period to today.Despite America’s commitment to civil rights from the earliest...

By Ross E. Davies The early 20th century also saw the beginning of the long and ongoing run of Casey at Bat as an analogical-metaphorical-comical device in commentary about the...

By Charles F. Hobson John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical...

By Brad Snyder *Signed Bookplate In this sweeping narrative of Felix Frankfurter, Brad Snyder offers a full and fascinating portrait of the remarkable life and legacy of a long-misunderstood American...

By Chad Noreuil (Author) The Zen of Passing the Bar Exam offers a comprehensive approach to studying for (and passing) the bar exam. Couched in neuroscience and Zen principles of focus, discipline,...

 By John Reilly (Author) Graduating from law school, passing the bar exam, and starting work as a lawyer for the first time is stressful. There is no guide or map to...

By John Bessler (Author) The Birth of American Law: An Italian Philosopher and the American Revolution tells the forgotten, untold story of the origins of U.S. law. Before the Revolutionary War,...

By Jack Goldsmith (Author) "The Irishman is great art . . . but it is not, as we know, great history . . . Frank Sheeran . . . surely didn’t...

By Lea VanderVelde Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford . Despite the case's signal importance as a turning point in America's history, the...