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9 Oct 2016, 12:00 am by Smita Ghosh
In the New York Times, John Fabian Witt reviews William Donarski’s biography of Richard Posner (in which we “see Posner privately skewering colleagues [and] calling himself “a monster” and disdaining conventional morality”) and gives the reader a primer on Posner’s theories. [read post]
22 May 2016, 12:00 am by Smita Ghosh
 If you want a few more takes on the book, it’s also reviewed in The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe and NPR.From the Wall Street Journal: John Fabian Witt (Yale Law School) reviews Court Martial by Chris Bray. [read post]
26 Feb 2016, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
  Along similar lines, Wednesday's New York Times ran a piece by Emily Bazelon and John Fabian Witt (Yale Law School) on "Senate Republicans and the Supreme Court: Where Is This Headed Exactly? [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 8:00 am by Dan Ernst
Modernism and Antimodernism in the Federal Courts: Reflections on the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut on the 100th Anniversary of Its New Haven Courthouse, published by John Fabian Witt, Yale Law School, in the Connecticut Law Review 48 (2015): 219-32, is available on-line:The  story  of  the  federal  courthouse  on  the  New  Haven  Green  is  a perfect parable for the modern history of… [read post]
27 Dec 2015, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
 In The Wall Street Journal, John Fabian Witt reviews Lisa McGirr's The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State (Norton).The Los Angeles Review of Books has a review of Andrew Cornell's Unruly Equality: U.S. [read post]
20 Sep 2015, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
John Fabian Witt reviews the book for The New York Times. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 6:30 am by Karen Tani
With apologies for the late notice - today at 4 pm PST John Fabian Witt will deliver the annual Jefferson Memorial Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 8:15 am
"Stephen Breyer's 'The Court and the World'": Law professor John Fabian Witt will have this review of Justice Stephen G. [read post]
3 May 2015, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
The Wall Street Journal has a review by John Fabian Witt of Richard Reeve's Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II (Henry Holt & Co.).In the Texas Law Review, Aziz Rana reviews Robert L. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 4:30 am by Karen Tani
Preyer Prize Panel and received generous comments from Dan Hulsebosch (New York University) and John Fabian Witt (Yale Law School). [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
Wednesday, September 17, 2014: John Fabian Witt, Allen H. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
”  Although John Fabian Witt wrote that the early Pound approved of “administrative commissions on the Western European model,” Witt also saw that “there had always been a conservative streak running through Pound’s thinking on administration and the common law,” a fear that the state might extinguish “the individual” altogether. [read post]
29 May 2014, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
  As John Fabian Witt added for legal history, these “cosmopolitans” often found themselves challenged by “patriots,” convinced of the United States’ exceptional place in world history and dismissive of European ways. [read post]
14 May 2014, 9:54 am by Diane Marie Amann
In the event that my response is of wider interest, here are some superb books – nonfiction works that provide background and context, thus enriching comprehension of issues presented in courses like Public International Law, International Criminal Law, Laws of War, and Foreign Affairs/National Security Law: ► Mary Dudziak, War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences (2012) (Prior post) ► John Fabian Witt, Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War… [read post]
2 May 2014, 4:30 am by Karen Tani
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has elected this year's new members, and they include John Fabian Witt (Yale Law School) and Peter S. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Weiner, Arnold Kling, Daniel McCarthy, and John Fabian Witt [Cato Unbound] Tweet Tags: class action settlements, cruise ships, institutional reform litigation, NYCMarch 20 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
18 Mar 2014, 10:30 am by Karen Tani
., THE HEALTH CARE CASE: THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS (Oxford University Press, 2013), which includes a historical chapter by John Fabian Witt ("The Secret History of the Chief Justice's Obamacare Decision"). [read post]