LARB Quarterly Journal No. 14: Legal Affairs Issue 2019-12-09T01:33:57+00:00
LARB Quarterly Journal No. 14: Legal Affairs Issue

This special issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal is dedicated to some of the best pieces that have appeared in our Legal Affairs section throughout the years

This special issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal is dedicated to some of the best pieces that have appeared in our Legal Affairs section throughout the years. Helmed by Don Franzen, the section has published some of the most prominent contemporary thinkers and practitioners of law in the United States, hosting discussions of the many difficult legal questions we face nationally and globally. You will see here critical and personal considerations around human rights, incarceration, and free speech, as well as a thorough look at the issues facing the Constitution, ranging from the language on the page to the prison we still maintain in Cuba.
About the Book
This special issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal is dedicated to some of the best pieces that have appeared in our Legal Affairs section throughout the years. Helmed by Don Franzen, the section has published some of the most prominent contemporary thinkers and practitioners of law in the United States, hosting discussions of the many difficult legal questions we face nationally and globally. You will see here critical and personal considerations around human rights, incarceration, and free speech, as well as a thorough look at the issues facing the Constitution, ranging from the language on the page to the prison we still maintain in Cuba.Featuring:

  • Essays and reviews by Erwin Chemerinsky, Akhil Reed Amar, Gil Garcetti, Priyanka Kumar, Laura W. Brill, Jonathan Shapiro, Stephen Rohde, Ameena Mirza Qazi, Anne Richardson, Lamya H, and Molly McCloskey.
  • Original poetry by William Archila, Juan Felipe Herrera, Fady Joudah, Susannah Nevison,  Natalie Shapero, and Mai Der Vang.
  • Original Artworks by Seth Alverson, Miriam Cahn, Gil Garcetti, Karl Haendel, Sanaz Khosravi, Becky Kolsrud, Anne Libby, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Ragen Moss.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

States in a Nation // Erwin Chemerinsky

Law And Diplomacy // Akhil Reed Amar

CRIMINAL LAW AND JUSTICE

Does The Punishment Fit The Crime? // Gil Garcetti

Turn Left Or Get Shot // Priyanka Kumar

SUPREME COURT

Reading The Text: An Interview With Justice Antonin Scalia // Don Franzen

A Valentine For A Justice // Laura W. Brill

FREE SPEECH

American Smut: Free Speech And The Right To Make A Buck // Jonathan Shapiro

Free Speech In The Post-Gutenberg World // Stephen Rohde

HUMAN RIGHTS

An Extraordinary Person // Ameena Mirza Qazi

Inheriting Injustice And Perpetuating Impunity: What You Didn’t Know About Guantánamo // Anne Richardson

What Are You Doing Here, Sister? // Lamya H

The Military Commissions At Guantanamo // Molly Mccloskey

POETRY

El Mozote // William Archila

Federico García Lorca & The Angels Of Celery // Juan Felipe Herrera

Sphinx Poem // Fady Joudah

At Pritchess Detention Center & Cell Watch: Strip Cell // Susannah Nevison

Good Share // Natalie Shapero

Civility & And Yet Still More // Mai Der Vang

Details
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Series: LARB Quarterly Journal, Book 111
Publisher: Los Angeles Review of Books
Publication Year: 2017
About the Author
Tom Lutz

See bio page.

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