Law's Trials

Richard L. Abel is Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the former President of the Law and Society Association, former Vice President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of Law, and a prize winner in both. He is the author of Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech (1998), Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle against Apartheid, 1980–94 (1995), as well as numerous other books on lawyers and the legal profession.

• 1. Judging the judges; 2. Criminal prosecutions; 3. Courts martial; 4. Military commissions; 5. Habeas corpus; 6. Civil damage actions; 7. Civil liberties; 8. Reversible error?

'A richly detailed and important work that describes critical shifts in US counter-terrorism law and policy since 9/11. Examining such issues as military detention, torture, and religious discrimination, this book provides invaluable insights into the role of law and legal institutions in America.' Jonathan Hafetz, Seton Hall Law School