Jeffrey Winn

August 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As America's endless culture wars fester, Prof. Geoffrey R. Stone of the University of Chicago Law School has published a powerful history of the constitutional battles over sexual expression, reproductive freedom, and sexual preference.

By Reviewed by Jeffrey Winn

6 minute read

July 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An ancient Danish proverb posits that an old error has more friends than a new truth. It is a recurring theme in this collection of scholarly articles, each of which analyzes how gender-related stereotypes and practices have negatively influenced law enforcement, courts, and correctional facilities in their treatment of women and girls.

By Jeffrey Winn

11 minute read

April 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Mark Twain once stated "it is the difference of opinion that makes horse races." Professor Norman Tebbe has published a new book that focuses on one of the most divisive contemporary clashes of constitutional opinion: egalitarian laws protecting LGBT citizens and women's reproductive freedom versus religious traditionalists asserting rights to accommodation and dissent.

By Jeffrey Winn

10 minute read

February 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As the Senate prepares to consider the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch, an avowed originalist, William Heffernan has published a timely book on the right to privacy, a contentious issue that has bedeviled conservatives. It is a compelling read which not only traces the development of a "right" that is not expressly mentioned in the Constitution, but also analyzes the "practice of interpretive supplementation" on which it relies.

By Jeffrey Winn

11 minute read

January 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, no one has done more to revolutionize the status of women than Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In her new autobiography, Ginsburg describes her Brooklyn roots and the daughter, student, wife, mother, law professor, author, civil rights advocate, and federal judge who created equal opportunity for women and seemingly broke every barrier.

By Jeffrey Winn

10 minute read

November 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

By Jeffrey Winn

10 minute read

September 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In his new book on the U.S. Supreme Court, James Zirin argues that it has become a "political court" because the modern justices' personal factors, such as their background, race, and sex, influence their judgments. He contends that these influences are illegitimate, producing policy choices on ideological grounds that have nothing to do with the Constitution.

By Jeffrey Winn

10 minute read

August 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Enhanced by revealing passages from the collected papers of three Burger Court members, this is a worthwhile book which reminds us that, in the words of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the life of the law is not logic, but experiences.

By Jeffrey Winn

10 minute read

June 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 promised to improve the lives of working women, because it proscribed discrimination "because of sex." As chronicled in Gillian Thomas' new book, however, the protections and opportunities women enjoy in the 2016 workplace have truly been created by a group of courageous women who used Title VII to fight sexism all the way to the Supreme Court.

By Jeffrey Winn

10 minute read

March 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As the longest serving NYPD commissioner, Ray Kelly diversified the department, created a world-class anti-terrorism operation, and oversaw a proactive program of community policing that contributed to a dramatic reduction of violent crime. In a lively memoir, Kelly recounts his long career and answers his critics.

By Jeffrey Winn

12 minute read