In 2015, Law faculty members wrote and edited books on topics such as the Asian luxury goods market, nascent democracies, criminal records, same-sex marriage, and DNA.
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and Anne-Lise Sibony, eds. (Hart Publishing, September 2015)
“In Europe as elsewhere, an important question is drawing increasing attention: What are the ethical limits on nudges?” writes Cass Sunstein, President Obama's former administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, in the foreword. The nudge approach is the attempt to preserve freedom of choice by nudging rather than mandating people to do anything from saving for retirement to using less gas and avoiding excessive credit card debt. “[Alemanno and Sibony] argue, plausibly in my view, that many behavioral interventions are neutral with respect to autonomy because they affect behavior in instances where, in all likelihood, no deliberation would have taken place.”
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Appiah “advances a compelling account of how the use of the notions of honor, respect, and shame can inspire much-needed conversations locally, regionally, and globally, about our expectations of each other as individuals living in community…but also, how these can be fruitfully applied to shape progressive discourse across nations in contested areas of cultural, civic, and national life,” writes Puja Kapai of the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law in the foreword.
and Sara Knuckey, eds. (Oxford University Press, November 2015)
Fact-finding is essential to human rights advocacy, yet its methods and impact remain understudied even as its use has grown. This multidisciplinary study is the outcome of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice’s 2013 conference on human rights fact-finding.
, Haochen Sun, and Madhavi Sunder, eds. (Oxford University Press, September 2015)
In 2011, global sales for luxury goods reached about $250 billion, with consumers in East and Southeast Asia accounting for more than 50 percent of those sales. In this volume, scholars from a range of disciplines explore the rise of the luxury goods economy and the growing role that intellectual property plays in it.
’61, et al., eds. (Edward Elgar, 2015)
The authors examine the factors that influence the adoption of particular competition laws in developing countries and argue that there is not one size that fits all in competition law and policy.
, , and , eds. (Cambridge University Press, May 2015)
This volume investigates how major global indicators of legal governance are produced, disseminated, and used—and to what effect.
, Dimitry Kochenov, and Andrew Williams, eds. (Hart Publishing, March 2015)
“This is a remarkable volume which addresses a long-neglected question about the EU: situated between integration through market freedoms and an emerging constitutional project, how does the EU contribute to the achievement of justice?” writes Seyla Benhabib of the political science and philosophy departments at Yale University, calling this a “must-read for all interested in European Studies.”
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Issacharoff argues that the most powerful defense against authoritarianism is the presence of strong constitutional courts. He surveys the range of outcomes that countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe have seen in their struggles for democracy over the past 25 years.
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Jacobs examines the long shadow that criminal records cast over the lives of more than 60 million Americans. Jacobs examines problems in the ways records are expunged and advances ways to effectively use criminal records to predict future behavior without infringing on civil rights.
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Murphy exposes the shortcomings of forensic DNA testing, asking that society temper its willingness to blindly embrace the technology. Kirkus Reviews described the book as a “specialized work that will appeal to attorneys, investigators, crime writers, and others on the frontiers of forensic DNA laws and technologies.”
and Finn Brunton. (The MIT Press, September 2015)
Helen Nissenbaum, director of the Information Law Institute, and her co-author introduce obfuscation—a technique involving purposefully using ambiguous and misleading information to impede data collection conducted by governments, corporations, advertisers, and hackers—and explain why you should use it.
. Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment (The New Press, January 2015)
In Madison’s Music, Burt Neuborne, Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties, argues that in the First Amendment, the Constitution offers a “blueprint for a functioning democracy,” with the subsequent amendments in the Bill of Rights purposefully ordered to protect that idea.
and Jack Lienke ’11. (Oxford University Press, January 2016)
Although the 1970 Clean Air Act aimed to eliminate all air pollution that posed a threat to public health or welfare, it largely exempted existing facilities from direct federal regulation. Decades later, those old plants continue to pollute. Revesz and Lienke chronicle the political compromises that led to grandfathering, its consequences, and the repeated attempts—by presidential administrations of both parties—to correct these mistakes.
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Richards shares the stories of well-known historical figures—including George Eliot, Benjamin Britten, James Baldwin, and Eleanor Roosevelt—whose struggles against patriarchal laws forbidding adultery, same-sex relationships, and sex between people of different religions and races led to social and political change.
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Mere months before the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Yoshino celebrates the Hollingsworth v. Perry trial, which he calls “the most rigorous, comprehensive, and thoughtful conversation we’ve ever had in any forum on same-sex marriage in the country.”
Casebooks, Textbooks, and Supplements:
- , Douglas Baird, and Thomas Jackson. (5th ed., Foundation Press, November 2015)
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- and Adam Pritchard, eds. (2015 ed., Foundation Press, May 2015)
- and Paul Craig, eds. (6th ed., Oxford University Press, September 2015)
- , Michael Harper, Kati Griffith, eds. (8th ed., Wolters Kluwer, January 2015)
- , Michael Harper, Kati Griffith, eds. (2015 ed., Wolters Kluwer, February 2015)
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and David Noll. (LexisNexis, 2015)
- , ed. (Sellier European Law Publishers, 2015)
- and Francesca Ragno, eds. (Padova, 2015)
- ’61, et. al. Cases and Materials on European Union Law (4th ed., West, 2015)
- ’68. (2015 ed., Wolters Kluwer, February 2015)
- ’68, et al. (26th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2015)
- and Steven Walt. (3rd ed., Foundation Press, 2015)
- , , , and Jack Friedenthal. (2015 ed., West Academic Publishing, July 2015)
- , Jack Friedenthal, and Mary Kay Kane. (5th ed., West, 2015)
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- and Robert Pindyck. Microeconomics (8th ed., Pearson, 2015)
- , Bernard Wolfman, and Diane Ring. (5th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2015)
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Originally posted December 18, 2015