Law

“India is improbable. By any measure of logic or reason, it should not be. Not in this form. And yet it is.” With this provocation, Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court sketches the exoskeleton of this improbability—the “Constitutional” idea of India. Justice Patel argues that the devolution of power is necessary for the survival of any liberal democracy, maintaining the idea that “the right to choose one’s own government is the right to dissent”.

From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity. Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to clearly trace the foundations of critical race theory in the Black intellectual traditions of emancipation and the civil rights movement.

 Steve Schwartz, founder of LSAT Unplugged, authored this series of LSAT PrepTest explanations for over 1,000 LSAT questions. These are detailed step-by-step explanations for each question within that specific LSAT PrepTest section. The LSAT Unplugged PrepTest Explanations for Logical Reasoning show you how to diagram using formal logic (if necessary) and how to approach the each question type. And, of course, they explain all the answer choices without resorting to useless phrases like "out of scope".

For over forty years, criminal defence solicitor Henry Milner has been the go-to lawyer for some of Britain's most notorious criminals including Kenneth Noye and the Brink's-Mat robbers, Freddie Foreman, John 'Goldfinger' Palmer and the gang behind the Millennium Dome raid. Here, the lawyer offers a fascinating insight into life at the top of the profession, lifting the lid on the psychology of those who end up on the wrong side of the law and those who defend them. By turns shocking and hilarious, this remarkable memoir takes us deep into the enigmatic criminal underworld.

Considered by some to be an island of sanity surrounded by a sea of insanity that is our society, the Supreme Court has increasingly come under scrutiny for some dubious decisions. In this compelling work, Famed Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi puts the Supreme Court on trial for its handling of Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton. The author argues that the right of a president to be free of a private lawsuit while in office outweighs a plaintiff's interest in having his or her case brought expediently to trial—regardless of a case's supposed merit.

A short audiobook I produced to be distributed through Amazon's ACX platform, explaining how that platform's sloppy rights verification and mandatory DRM screws over writers. 

Have you ever wondered what a judge is really thinking? To most people, judges are mysterious creatures. Judge Mader shines a bright spotlight on the hidden folds of the judging world. The old saying is that judges merely "follow the law". Yet following the law can produce wildly different results depending upon each judge's background, politics, and life experiences. Even the floor of the courthouse to which a case is assigned can mean the difference between prison and freedom.  Never before has the judging world been laid bare for all to see.

Steve Schwartz, founder of LSAT Unplugged, authored this series of LSAT PrepTest explanations for over 1,000 LSAT questions. These are detailed step-by-step explanations for each question within that specific LSAT PrepTest section. The LSAT Unplugged PrepTest Explanations for Logical Reasoning show you how to diagram using formal logic (if necessary) and how to approach the each question type. And, of course, they explain all the answer choices without resorting to useless phrases like "out of scope". 

As a student preparing to take the LSAT, how are you supposed to increase your score if people who make the LSAT don't bother to write explanations for most of the exams? LSAC only gives you the answer key, while what you really need are explanations that will show you the easiest way to get the right answer, why the right answer is right, and why the others are wrong. This is the only series of LSAT PrepTest Logical Reasoning explanations you'll need to prepare you for the LSAT. You’re guaranteed to achieve the highest scores you possibly can—or your money back.

Legal Guide for Police: Constitutional Issues, 11th Edition is a valuable tool for criminal justice students and law enforcement professionals, bringing them up-to-date with developments in the law of arrest, search and seizure, police authority to detain, questioning suspects and pretrial identification procedures, police power and its limitations, and civil liability of police officers and agencies. 

On a moonless night in the summer of 1793, a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah’s and her assailant’s lives. 

As Mark Zuckerberg once put it, "the Age of Privacy is over." But Zuckerberg and others who say "privacy is dead" are wrong. In Why Privacy Matters, Neil Richards explains that privacy isn't dead, but rather up for grabs. Richards shows how the fight for privacy is a fight for power. If we want to preserve our commitments to these precious yet fragile values, we will need privacy rules. Pithy and forceful, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in a topic that sits at the center of so many current problems. 

When Valena Beety first became a federal prosecutor, her goal was to protect victims, especially women, from cycles of violence. What she discovered was that not only did prosecutions often fail to help victims, they frequently relied on false information, forensic fraud, and police and prosecutor misconduct. Seeking change, Beety began working in the Innocence Movement, helping to free factually innocent people through DNA testing and criminal justice reform. 

When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, his first thought was, How can a corporation own what makes us who we are? Then he discovered that women were being charged exorbitant fees to test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, tests they desperately needed—all because Myriad Genetics had patented the famous BRCA genes. So he sued them. 

Steve Schwartz, founder of LSAT Unplugged, authored this series of LSAT PrepTest explanations for over 1,000 LSAT questions. These are detailed step-by-step explanations for each question within that specific LSAT PrepTest section. LSAT PrepTest 47: Logical Reasoning Explanations shows you how to diagram using formal logic (if necessary) and how to approach the each question type. And, of course, it explains all the answer choices without resorting to useless phrases like "out of scope".