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THE LIMITS OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE

by Tom S. Clark. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 356 pp. Paper $30.99 ISBN: 9780521135054.Reviewed by Kirk A. Randazzo, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina....

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EMPIRE'S CHILDREN: RACE, FILIATION, AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE FRENCH COLONIES

by Emmanuelle Saada. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 344pp. Paper $27.50. ISBN: 9780226733081.Reviewed by Leila Kawar, Department of Political Science,...

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FAILING LAW SCHOOLS

by Brian Z. Tamanaha. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 216pp. Cloth $25.00. ISBN: 0226923614.Reviewed by Ronald C. Den Otter, Department of Political Science, California Polytechnic State...

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FELONY MURDER

by Guyora Binder. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012. 368pp. Cloth $90.00. ISBN: 9780804755351. Paper $29.95. ISBN: 9780804755368. E-book $29.95. ISBN: 9780804781701.Reviewed by Adelaide H....

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RETHINKING THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF RECONSTRUCTION

by Pamela Brandwein. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 269pp. Cloth $93.00. ISBN: 9780521887717.Reviewed by Alec Ewald, Department of Political Science, University of Vermont. Email:...

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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, REPRESENTATION AND THE LAW

by Caroline Morris. Oxford and Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2012. 195 pp. Cloth, $80.00. ISBN: 9781849461474.Reviewed by Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, Department of Political Science, University of...

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THE PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COURTS AND THE (DE-) FRAGMENTATION...

by Ole Kristian Fauchald and André Nollkaemper (eds.). Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2012. 382pp. Cloth $100. ISBN: 9781849462471.Reviewed by Andreas von Staden, Department of Political...

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THE ART AND CRAFT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

THE ART AND CRAFT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, by Daniel Bodansky. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. 376pp. Paper, $23.95. ISBN: 9780674061798.INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, by...

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NEW YORK TIMES V. SULLIVAN: CIVIL RIGHTS, LIBEL LAW, AND THE FREE PRESS

by Kermit L. Hall and Melvin Urofsky. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2011. 222 pp. Paperback $17.95 ISBN: 9780700618033.Reviewed by Rick A. Swanson, Department of Political Science,...

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ELECTING JUDGES: THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF CAMPAIGNING ON JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY

by James L. Gibson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 240pp. Cloth $85.00. ISBN 9780226291079. Paper $27.50. ISBN 9780226291086.Reviewed by Chris W. Bonneau, Department of Political Science,...

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ELECTING JUDGES: THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF CAMPAIGNING ON JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY

by James L. Gibson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 240pp. Cloth $85.00. ISBN 9780226291079. Paper $27.50. ISBN 9780226291086.Reviewed by Melinda Gann Hall, Professor of Political Science,...

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ELECTING JUDGES: THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF CAMPAIGNING ON JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY

by James L. Gibson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 240pp. Cloth $85.00. ISBN 9780226291079. Paper $27.50. ISBN 9780226291086.Reviewed by Keith J. Bybee, College of Law and Department of...

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ELECTING JUDGES: THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF CAMPAIGNING ON JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY

by James L. Gibson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 240pp. Cloth $85.00. ISBN 9780226291079. Paper $27.50. ISBN 9780226291086.response by James L. Gibson Souers Professor of Government,...

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THE POLITICS OF TORTURE

by Tracy Lightcap. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 224pp. Hardback. $85.00. ISBN: 9780230113770. Reviewed by Darren A. Wheeler, Department of Political Science, Ball State University....

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THE WORLDS OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONALISM

by Gráinne de Búrca and J.H.H. Weiler (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 354pp. Hardback $110.00. ISBN 9780521177757 Paperback $40.00. ISBN 9780521192859.Reviewed by Bogdan Iancu,...

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HABEAS CORPUS: FROM ENGLAND TO EMPIRE

by Paul D. Halliday. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. 502pp. Cloth. $39.95/£29.95. ISBN: 9780674049017. Paper, 2012. $21.95/£16.95. ISBN: 9780674064201.Reviewed by...

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HENRY FRIENDLY: GREATEST JUDGE OF HIS ERA

by David M. Dorsen. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. 498pp. Cloth $35.00. ISBN 9780674064393.Reviewed by Steven B. Lichtman, Department of Political Science,...

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COMMUNITY AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR RIGHTS HELD BY...

by Dwight Newman. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2011. Hardback $100.00 ISBN: 978-1-84113-228-0.Reviewed by Stephen A. Simon, Department of Political Science, and Program in Philosophy, Politics, Economics,...

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IN DOUBT: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS

by Dan Simon. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. 405 pp. Hardcover $45.00. ISBN: 978-0-674-04615-3Reviewed by Sawyer Sylvester, Department of Sociology, Bates College, Email: ssylvest[at]...

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DECLARING WAR: CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENT, AND WHAT THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT SAY

by Brien Hallett. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 273 pp. Cloth $95.00. ISBN: 9781107026926. Paper $32.99. ISBN: 9781107608573. Reviewed by Robert J. Spitzer, Department of Political...

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