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September | October 2005
SCENES Evil Twins And how DNA evidence is useless against them. By John Wolfson Elder Counsel How Somalia's aged tribal justice system keeps the peace in a country known for chaos. By Louisa Lombard U-Hell Reserving a truck can be a devilish business. By Nicholas Hengen Torture, Inc. Susan Burke wants two American corporations to be held liable for the abuse that took place at Abu Ghraib. By Tara McKelvey Was the Plant a Plant? An endangered flower sprouts mysteriously in the path of a planned development. By Demian Bulwa The Prudent Jurist When do jurors have the right not to remain silent? By William H. Simon TERMS OF ART The Shoe Still Fits The white buck is gone from elite law firms, but the snobbery it represented lives on. By Elizabeth Chambliss NUMBERS The Nth Degree Want to be a law professor? Where'd you get your Ph.D.? By David Fontana and Margot Sanger-Katz ARGUMENTS An Uncivil Division Political appointees at Justice's civil rights division are driving career lawyers to retirement—then skipping the retirement parties. By William R. Yeomans Left to Their Own Devices By helping to shield manufacturers from lawsuits, the FDA is pushing tort reform by fiat—and leaving potentially flawed devices on the market. By Theodore Ruger |
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FEATURES Furious George The belligerence of the Bush Administration in pursuing expansive power has a long Republican pedigree. By Neil Kinkopf The Missing Link Congress has shirked its constitutional duties and floundered in the war on terror. By Michael Greenberger Monkey Wrench The Supreme Court has always thwarted presidents who demand unlimited legal power in wartime. By Cass R. Sunstein Disarming and Dangerous Meet the affable, consensus-building solicitor general, and learn why liberals should fear him. By Chris Suellentrop Lessons from the Swiss-Cheese Map Why have Israeli-Palestinian peace talks ignored the importance of good mapmaking? By Shari Motro King James I, of Michigan In 1851, James Strang declared himself king of a tract of Northern Michigan. President Millard Fillmore took the king to court and the president lost. By Geoffrey Gagnon REVIEWS practice Point-Blank Verse A school of poetry says the words of judges provide a vivid record of what we see and feel. By David Skeel practice Windier City, Bigger Apple Would expanding the boundaries of Chicago and New York to include their suburbs make them greater cities? By Minor Myers III elsewhere Tenure-track law students and other characters from the nation's law reviews. practice Trial of the 5th Century B.C. The first madame foreperson was Pallas Athena. A history of trials, from the "Oresteia" to the O.J. saga. By Adam Cohen |
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