Michigan Law Review's 2008 Survey of Books Related to the Law

This year's survey of law books published by the Michigan Law Review, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 901 (2008), covers recent publications in the areas of administrative law, comparitive law, and international law, plus two very interesting reviews of classic literary works, namely Robert J. Delahunty and John C. Yoo's review of All Quiet on the Western Front, and Karen Engle's review of For Whom the Bell Tolls. Details with links below the fold. [JH]

Confronting War

• Robert J. Delahunty and John C. Yoo, Peace Through Law? The Failure of a Noble Experiment, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 923-939 (2008) [Westlaw] (Reviewing Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front.)
• Karen Engle, Judging Sex in War, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 941-961 (2008).|[Westlaw](Reviewing Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls.)
• Stephen Reinhardt, Weakening of the Bill of Rights: A Victory for Terrorism, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 963- 973 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Richard A. Posner, Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency.)
• Kevin Jon Heller, Deconstructing International Criminal Law, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 975-999 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Mark A. Drumbl, Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law.)

The Administrative State

• Jill R. Horwitz, The Virtues of Medicare, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1001-1019 (2008) [Westlaw] (Reviewing David A. Hyman, Medicare Meets Mephistopheles.)
• M. Elizabeth Magill, Temporary Accidents? 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1021-1040 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Steven P. Croley, Regulation and Public Interests: The Possibility of Good Regulatory Government.)

Comparative Law

• Benjamin L. Liebman, Scandal, Sukyandaru, and Chouwen, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1041-1069 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Mark D. West, Secrets, Sex and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States.)
• Roger P. Alford, Free Speech and the Case for Constitutional Exceptionalism, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1071-1088 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Ronald J. Krotoszynski, The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Freedom of Speech.)
• Merritt B. Fox, Gatekeeper Failures: Why Important, What to Do, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1089-1110 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing John C. Coffee Jr., Gatekeepers: The Professions and Corporate Governance.)
• Cristina M. Rodriguez, The Citizenship Paradox in a Transnational Age, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1111-1128 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Hiroshi Motomura, Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States.)

International Law

• Alex Geisinger and Michael Ashley Stein, Rational Choice, Reputation, and Human Rights Treaties, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1129-1142 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Andrew T. Guzman, How International Law Works: A Rational Choice Theory.)
• Yang Wang, China Reexamined: The Worst Offender or a Strong Contender? 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1143-1155 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Randall Peerenboom, China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest?)

Additional Reviews

• Sam Erman, An Unintended Consequence: Dred Scott Reinterpreted, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1157- 1165 (2008). |[Westlaw] (Reviewing Austin Allen, Origins of the Dred Scott Case: Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, 1837-1857.)
• Katherine Porter, The Debt Dilemma, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1167-1191 (2008). [Westlaw] (Reviewing Ronald J. Mann, Charging Ahead: The Growth and Regulation of Payment Card Markets.)
• Richard Delgado, Law Enforcement in Subordinated Communities: Innovation and Response, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1193-1212 (2008). [Westlaw](Reviewing Steve Herbert, Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community, Ronald Weitzer and Steven A. Tuch, Race and Policing in America: Conflict and Reform and Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives, edited by David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga.)
• Anthony J. Sebok, What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Mass Torts? 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1213-1228 (2008). [Westlaw](Reviewing Richard A. Nagareda, Mass Torts in a World of Settlement.)