Friday, September 27, 2013

"Signposts," "Westward Bound," "Inside the Castle" Reviewed in the Law & Politics Book Review


The Law & Politics Book Review is out with a new batch of reviews. Items of interest include:

Walter F. Pratt, Jr. (University of South Carolina School of Law) reviews SIGNPOSTS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOUTHERN LEGAL HISTORY (University of Georgia Press, 2013), edited by Sally E. Hadden and Patricia Hagler Minter.

Zvi H. Triger (The Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion, Israel) reviews INSIDE THE CASTLE: LAW AND THE FAMILY IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA (Princeton University Press, 2011), by Joanna L. Grossman and Lawrence M. Friedman.

Michael Boudreau (Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, St. Thomas University) reviews WESTWARD BOUND: SEX, VIOLENCE, THE LAW, AND THE MAKING OF A SETTLER SOCIETY (UBC Press, 2011), by Lesley Erickson.