The following appeared in Volume 98, Number 2 (Spring, 1999) of APA Newsletters

Newsletter on Philosophy, Law, and the Black Experience

Recent Books of Interest

Alexander, Larry. Constitutionalism: Philosophical Foundations. Cambridge University Press. 1998, 320 pp.

Balkin, J. M. Cultural Software: A Theory of Ideology. Yale University Press. 1998. 335 pp.

Barnett, Randy E. The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law. Oxford University Press. 1998. 368 pp.

Bentham, Jeremy. Legislator of the World: Writings in Codification, Law, and Education. (Edited by Philip Schofield & Jonathan Harris.) Oxford University Press. 1998. 396 pp.

Bowen, William G. & Bok, Derek. The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions. Princeton University Press. 1998. 512 pp.

Burgess-Jackson, Keith. A Most Detestable Crime: New Philosophical Essays on Rape. Oxford University Press. 1999. 336 pp.

Cornell, Drucilla. At the Heart of Freedom: Feminism, Sex, and Equality. Princeton University Press. 1998. 240 pp.

Corvino, John. Same Sex: Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality. Rowman & Littlefield. 1997. 394 pp.

Delgado, Richard & Stefancic, Jean. Critical White Studies: Looking Behind the Mirror. Temple University Press. 1997. 680 pp.

Devins, Neal. Shaping Constitutional Values. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1996. 193 pp.

Dolgin, Janet L. Defining the Family: Law, Technology, and Reproduction in an Uneasy Age. New York University Press. 1997. 287 pp.

Drachman, Virginia G. Sisters in Law: Women Lawyers in Modern American History. Harvard University Press. 1998. 334 pp.

Duff, R.A. Philosophy and the Criminal Law: Principle and Critique. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 272 pp.

Edmundson, William A. The Duty to Obey the Law. Rowman & Littlefield. 1999. 368 pp.

Edmundson, William A. Three Anarchical Fallacies: An Essay on Political Authority. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 192 pp.

Elster, John. Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 272pp.

Fletcher, George P. Basic Concepts of Criminal Law. Oxford University Press. 1998. 240 pp.

George, Robert. In Defense of Natural Law. Oxford University Press. 1999. 360 pp.

Goldfarb, Ronald L. TV or Not TV. New York University Press. 1997. 287 pp.

Gutmann, Amy. Freedom of Association. Princeton University Press. 1998. 384 pp.

Hoeflich, M. H. Roman and Civil Law and the Development of Anglo-American Jurisprudence in the Nineteenth Century. University of Georgia Press. 1997. 207 pp.

Hutchinson, Dennis J. The Man Who Once Was Whizzer White. Free Press. 1998. 576 pp.

Katz, Leo, et al. Foundations of Criminal Law. Oxford University Press. 1999. 368 pp.

Kramer, Matthew, et al. A Debate Over Rights: Philosophical Enquiries. Oxford University Press. 1998. 320 pp.

Lawrence, Frederick M. Punishing Hate: Bias Crimes Under American Law. Harvard University Press. 1999. 288 pp.

Lehr, Valerie. Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family. Temple University Press. 1999. 224 pp.

MacLeod, Colin M. Liberalism, Justice, and Markets: A Critique of Liberal Equality. Oxford University Press. 1998. 248 pp.

Morris, Christopher W. An Essay on the Modern State. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 304 pp.

Murphy, W.T. The Oldest Science? Configurations of Law and Modernity. Oxford University Press. 1997. 269 pp.

Nusbaum, Martha. Sex and Social Justice. Oxford University Press. 1998. 512 pp.

Posner, Richard A. The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory. Belknap Press. 1999. 336 pp.

Reznek, Lawrie. Evil or Ill? Justifying the Insanity Defense. Routledge. 1997. 329 pp.

Rothstein, Mark A. Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era. Yale University Press. 1997. 511 pp.

Russell, Katheryn K. The Color of Crime. New York University Press. 1998. 203 pp.

Sandel, Michael J. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 250 pp.

Saunders, David. Anti-Lawyers: Religion and the Critics of Law and State. Routledge. 1997. 200 pp.

Sarat, Austin. The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture. Oxford University Press. 1998. 288 pp.

Sarat, Austin & Scheingold, Stuart. Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities. Oxford University Press. 1998. 560 pp.

Schopp, Robert F. Justification Defenses and Just Convictions. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 240 pp.

Schrager, Sam. The Trial Lawyer’s Art. Temple University Press. 1999. 264 pp.

Sher, George. Approximate Justice: Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield. 1998. 200 pp.

Skinner, Quentin. Liberty Before Liberalism. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 150 pp.

Smith, Patricia. Liberalism and Affirmative Obligation. Oxford University Press. 1998. 272 pp.

Sterba, James P. Justice for Here and Now. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 256 pp.

Stychin, Carl. A Nation by Rights: National Cultures, Sexual Identity Politics, & the Discourse of Rights. Temple University Press. 1998. 256 pp.

Suber, Peter. The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions. Routledge. 1998. 144 pp.

Traina, Cristina L.H. Feminist Ethics and Natural Law: The End of the Anathemas. Georgetown University Press. 1999. 416 pp.

Tunick, Mark. Practices and Principles: Approaches to Ethical and Legal Judgment. Princeton University Press. 1998. 272 pp.

Vidal, John. McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial. New Press. 1997. 343 pp.

Waldron, Jeremy. Law and Disagreement. Oxford University Press. 1998. 380 pp.

Walzer, Michael. On Toleration. Yale University Press. 1997. 144 pp.

Wall, Steven. Liberalism, Perfectionism and Restraint. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 251 pp.

Whittington, Keith E. Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning. Harvard University Press. 1999. 352 pp.

Wiecek, William M. The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought: Law and Ideology in America, 1886-1937. Oxford University Press. 1998. 296 pp.

Williams, Melissa S. Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation. Princeton University Press. 1998. 321 pp.

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