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May | June 2002
Legal Affairs: Lincoln Caplan Web of Words: Anthony Kronman SCENES COURT POTATO By Daskha Slater One viewer, 65 hours of T.V. law. GOD SAVE THE WIG By Asha Rangappa British lawyers fight about their hair. JUDGE LEE'S COUNTY By Bill Rankin Where not to get arrested. LEGAL AFFAIRS ALL-TIME ALL-STARS By Ayo Griffin THE FIRST LADY IS ON TRIAL (for murdering her husband) By Christopher Buckley An excerpt from his new satirical novel. TERMS OF ART “FIGHTING WORDS” By Jeffrey Rosen What’s left of America’s lost culture of honor. ARGUMENT GUN BY GUN By Glenn Harlan Reynolds The right to bear arms. Seriously. NUMBERS ONE FELON, NO VOTE? SATIRE THEY WERE CREATIVE By Michael Kupperman |
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DISPATCH LET THERE BE LAW By Emily Bazelon Israel doesn’t have a written constitution. Aharon Barak has transformed the country’s supreme court by acting as if it did. And his court has emerged mighty but wounded. Also: Aharon Barak on Judging as a Way of Life NOW CYBERCRIME: FROM RUSSIA WITH LØPHT By Brendan I. Koerner The Russian hacker Alexey Ivanov flew to Seattle for a job interview with a tech company. It turned out to be the FBI. REVIEWS GENRE BUM RAP By Christopher Hawthorne How rap talks back to the law. COUNTERPOINT SHODDY CONSTRUCTION By Benjamin Wittes Kenneth Starr led a wrongheaded investigation with historic costs because he misunderstood the independent-counsel law. Plus: Starr responds REFORM CHAINS OF COMMAND By Beth Hillman The U.S. court-martial constricts the rights of soldiers—and that needs to change. SATIRE 12 SUPER-ANGRY MEN By R. Sikoryak ACADEMY SILENCE! By David Luban Four ways the law keeps poor people from getting heard in court. RULE OF LAW NO EXCEPTIONS? By Michael Ignatieff The United States’ pick-and-choose approach to human rights is hypocritical. But that’s not a good reason to condemn it. STORIES TRUE CRIME THE SCENT OF FRENCH SCANDAL David Ignatius on the Elf Aquitaine corruption case that rocked France’s elite. Investigators caught big fish—but the biggest got away. A DEADLY OMEN IN JAKARTA Tim Dodd on the assassination of the Indonesian judge who stood up to the family of former dictator Suharto. EXCAVATION THE BOOK OF HARD CASES Steven Mufson on the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls of Chinese law. EXHIBIT THE LAW STUDENT The reputations of Norman Rockwell and the legal profession turn upside down. Back to Top |
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