Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-In Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Housing

Jeannine Bell (Indiana University).  Hate Thy Neighbor (New York University Press, 2013).

"Puts an unsparing spotlight on one of the least discussed yet most intractable barriers to full civil rights for all Americans. . . . Stunning and tragic. . . . Hate Thy Neighbor is both empirical and poignant.  Her proposals for how to address this enduring scandal will, without any doubt, launch new reflection, new movements, new hope."
—Patricia J. Williams, Columbia Law School

States of the Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order

Mark E. Brandon (Vanderbilt University). States of the Union (University Press of Kansas, 2013).

"A timely, substantive, and deeply engaging book that brilliantly analyzes the ever-changing place of families in American culture and law from colonial settlement to the contemporary debate over the constitutionality of gay marriage."
—David S. Tanenhaus, Boyd School of Law

The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat

William G. Howell (University of Chicago), Saul P. Jackman (Brookings Institution) & Jon C. Rogowski (Washington University). The Wartime President (The University of Chicago Press, 2013).

“The Wartime President offers a compelling, original theory of how war affects presidential power. By demonstrating through rigorous empirical analysis that war empowers the president when it leads the public and members of Congress to focus on national concerns rather than local priorities, William G. Howell, Saul P. Jackman, and Jon C. Rogowski dramatically advance our understanding of the presidency and of our separation of powers system.”
—Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley

Why Jury Duty Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Constitutional Action

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (David A. Clarke School of Law).  Why Jury Duty Matters (New York University Press, 2013).

"Ferguson lucidly describes the history of the jury and explains why juries play such a critical role in the contemporary American system of justice.  Copies should be placed in the jury assembly rooms of every courthouse."
 —Neil Vidmar, Duke University School of Law  

The Soul of Creativity: Forging a Moral Rights Law for the United States

Roberta Rosenthal Kwall (DePaul University College of Law). The Soul of Creativity: Forging a Moral Rights Law for the United States (Stanford University Press, 2009).

"Professor Kwall makes a refreshing and persuasive argument for clearer legal rights of recognition for authors, and she reaches far beyond studies that justify conventional moral rights. Kwall gracefully unites perspectives from literature, art, philosophy, and religion to reveal surprising deficiencies in the law and the complications of finding solutions.”
–Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University