基本信息出版社：Kaplan Publishing
页码：320 页
出版日期：2009年10月
ISBN：1607144662
International Standard Book Number：1607144662
条形码：9781607144663
EAN：9781607144663
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语

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The Best American Legal American Writing 2009 introduces readers to the most informative and incisive writing on the subject of legal theory and practice published during the past year. Articles are selected from a diverse collection of popular magazines, newspapers, websites, and journals, including standards such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, as well as undiscovered gems from less well-known sources such as American Prospect. The anthology boasts an impressive roster of authors with stories by writers like Alan Dershowitz and Richard Posner. Articles will include the likes of Jeffrey Toobin reporting on a Georgia murder trial for The New Yorker, Michael Isikoff on the legal troubles facing a government whistleblower fi rst seen in Newsweek, and Cass Sunstein on recent developments surrounding the second amendment from The Harvard Law Review. Other contributors may include:

• Jeffrey Rosen

• Robert A. Levy

• David Rose

• Robert Kolker

• Heather MacDonald

• Art Levinev

• A.C. Thompson

• Amy Waldman

• Susanna Schorbsdorff

• Christopher Moraff

• Margot Canaday

This book is the most impressive chronicle of the past year in legal writing. All readers with an interest in law or newsworthy legal issues will certainly indulge in this bookshelf trophy.
作者简介 Dahlia Lithwick is a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate, where she has written for the "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" columns since 1999. Her writing has also appeared in The New Republic, The Washington Post, and the New York Times, and she has also been a frequent guest on the NPR program Day-to-Day. Ms. Lithwick was awarded the Online News Association's award for online commentary in 2001.