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New York Law Journal

Chess Is a Serious Game but Reading About It Is a Delight

Comparisons between law and chess are common enough. Many articles have explored that metaphor and explained how the two fields are similar—up to a point. The literature is full of such analyses. But such studies are typically no more than short articles. Now we have a new book on the subject, and it is a good one.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Death on the Doorstep & Other Stories: A Trial Lawyer's Memoir'

Occasionally profane but never in doubt, Edward Menkin's new memoir, which chronicles the interesting criminal cases he's tried over his 42-year legal career, is an entertaining read that lawyers will find authentic and non-lawyers will consider accessible.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Looking Back on the Allen Ginsberg Obscenity Trial 62 Years Later

That we can celebrate the victory of 'Howl' over the censors today was by no means a forgone conclusion when the obscenity charges were brought.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Guide To Monitorships Is Essential Because of Lack of Statutes, Court Precedent

Although the imposition of monitors has slowed somewhat (by design) during the current presidential administration, they are in no danger of going away.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

E.B. White's Words Resonate in These Dangerous Times

E.B. White writes repeatedly about the public’s need for access to a full range of opinion, and he would doubtless be dismayed by the demonization of a press that disputes quasi-official journalistic mouthpieces.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Contracts Should Be Written in Plain English

This is likely not a book to be read from cover to cover but used instead as a reference for when we know there’s got to be a better way to express our clients’ responsibilities and duties.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Book Review: 'Copyright's Highway: From the Printing Press to the Cloud'

If you care about the future of innovation, creativity, technology, free speech and privacy and are going to read one book on copyright, give the second version of 'Copyright's Highway' a shot. It captures the human drama of battles past, gives a sense of our present, and provides a glimpse into the future.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Book Review: 'Deep Dive: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cuban'

Professor Marc I. Steinberg has provided us with a very rare and useful contribution.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Book Review: 'The Making of a Justice'

Just before his recent death, Justice John Paul Stevens published his full-length memoir, the likes of which had not been penned by a retired Supreme Court justice since William O. Douglas, whom Stevens replaced in 1975.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Manhattan Prosecutor Argues Reducing Violent Crime Leads to Social Change

In writing about focused deterrence and other anti-violence strategies, Thomas Abt is driven by a question that many of the current books about criminal justice do not even bother to ask: how can we change the behavior of those who are involved in the most damaging kinds of criminal conduct?
7 minute read

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