This special issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal is dedicated to some of the best pieces that have appeared in our Legal Affairs section throughout the years
- Essays and reviews by Erwin Chemerinsky, Akhil Reed Amar, Gil Garcetti, Priyanka Kumar, Laura W. Brill, Jonathan Shapiro, Stephen Rohde, Ameena Mirza Qazi, Anne Richardson, Lamya H, and Molly McCloskey.
- Original poetry by William Archila, Juan Felipe Herrera, Fady Joudah, Susannah Nevison, Natalie Shapero, and Mai Der Vang.
- Original Artworks by Seth Alverson, Miriam Cahn, Gil Garcetti, Karl Haendel, Sanaz Khosravi, Becky Kolsrud, Anne Libby, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Ragen Moss.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
States in a Nation // Erwin Chemerinsky
Law And Diplomacy // Akhil Reed Amar
CRIMINAL LAW AND JUSTICE
Does The Punishment Fit The Crime? // Gil Garcetti
Turn Left Or Get Shot // Priyanka Kumar
SUPREME COURT
Reading The Text: An Interview With Justice Antonin Scalia // Don Franzen
A Valentine For A Justice // Laura W. Brill
FREE SPEECH
American Smut: Free Speech And The Right To Make A Buck // Jonathan Shapiro
Free Speech In The Post-Gutenberg World // Stephen Rohde
HUMAN RIGHTS
An Extraordinary Person // Ameena Mirza Qazi
Inheriting Injustice And Perpetuating Impunity: What You Didn’t Know About Guantánamo // Anne Richardson
What Are You Doing Here, Sister? // Lamya H
The Military Commissions At Guantanamo // Molly Mccloskey
POETRY
El Mozote // William Archila
Federico García Lorca & The Angels Of Celery // Juan Felipe Herrera
Sphinx Poem // Fady Joudah
At Pritchess Detention Center & Cell Watch: Strip Cell // Susannah Nevison
Good Share // Natalie Shapero
Civility & And Yet Still More // Mai Der Vang
