The law is full of schemes that use subterfuge and circumvention. Clients routinely ask their lawyers to help them find a legal way around the law; and lawyers routinely oblige them, saying things lik
In Ill-Gotten Gains, Leo Katz describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, Katz uncovers what is really a
With wit and intelligence, Leo Katz seeks to understand the basic rules and concepts underlying the moral, linguistic, and psychological puzzles that plague the criminal law."Bad Acts and Guilty Minds
Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are Leo Katz’s stock-in-trade, and in Why the Law Is So Perverse, he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not mak
Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are Leo Katz’s stock-in-trade, and in Why the Law Is So Perverse, he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not mak
From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Pun
The year is 1910. Anna Karenina and War and Peace have made Leo Tolstoy the worldA's most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In this fascinating look at a tortured genius on the eve of death, J
