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The Puzzle of Unanimity
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 50.00The U.S. Supreme Court typically rules on cases that present complex legal questions. Given the challenging nature of its cases and the popular view that the Court is divided along ideological lines, it's commonly assumed that the Court routinely hands down equally-divided decisions. Yet the justices actually issue unanimous decisions in approximately... more...
The Roberts Court
Simon & Schuster 2013; US$ 28.00The Roberts Court, seven years old, sits at the center of a constitutional maelstrom. Through four landmark decisions, Marcia Coyle, one of the most prestigious experts on the Supreme Court, reveals the fault lines in the conservative-dominated Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Seven minutes after President Obama put his signature to... more...
The Scene of the Mass Crime
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95The Scene of the Mass Crime takes up the unwritten history of the peculiar yet highly visible form of war crimes trials. These trials are the first and continuing site of the interface of law, history and film. From Nuremberg to the contemporary trials in Cambodia, film, in particular, has been crucial both as evidence of atrocity and as the means... more...
American Criminal Courts
Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 99.95American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context provides a complete picture of both the theory and day-to-day reality of criminal courts in the United States. The book begins by exploring how democratic processes affect criminal law, the documents that define law, the organizational structure of courts at the federal and state levels,... more...
Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights ?is the first book-length study of the Court?s jurisprudence in respect of sexual orientation. It offers a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention... more...
The Politics of Principle
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 48.00Uses a single-country case study to enrich research on the role of constitutional courts in new democracies. more...
The Run of His Life
Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 4.99Called by The Wall Street Journal "the pick of the litter" among books on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, this is the definitive commentary on the most famous trial of this century. more...
International Criminal Procedure
OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 499.99International Criminal Procedure: Principles and Rules is a comprehensive study of international criminal proceedings written by over forty leading experts in the field. The book offers a systematic overview and detailed comparison of the standards governing the conduct of proceedings in all major international and internationalized criminal courts... more...
Digest of ICSID Awards and Decisions: 1974-2002
OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 187.99Investment arbitration has become the primary means of settling disputes between states and foreign investors. The majority of those arbitration proceedings take place before tribunals of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). This book provides the reader with a reliable reference guide containing concise summaries... more...
Out of Order
Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 26.00NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ?I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions. But the stories of the Court and the Justices that come from... more...









