In this work, a legal scholar provides a comparative analysis of how justice is administered in legal systems around the world and of the link between politics and justice.

Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get ...

A comprehensive history of the United States Supreme Court from its ill-esteemed beginning in 1790 to one of the most important and controversial branches of the Federal government.

"First published in the United States of American by Dutton Children's Books ... 2010"--Title page verso.

Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, this analysis of the legal regulation of violence in Athenian society challenges traditional accounts of the development of the legal process.

The book attempts to state and substantiate a conception of the Supreme Court of the United States that is consistent with the theory and practice of political democracy.

Drawing on economic and political theory, legal analysis, and his own extensive judicial experience, Posner sketches the history of the federal courts, describes the contemporary institution, appraises concerns that have been expressed with ...