Law & Justice

Dave Freedman

Nov 5, 2020

Nuremberg: ‘Greatest Trial in History’

The 1945-46 Nuremberg trial of Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity was the first international criminal tribunal. It was also the...

Dave Freedman

Oct 19, 2020

Bent Cops & Corrupt PDs

Here are five books, all compelling and revolting, about cops who are not the honest, courageous, heroic sort. They are the corrupt,...

Dave Freedman

Oct 18, 2020

Why So Many Wrongful Criminal Convictions?

(While the Guilty Go Free) Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong By Brandon L. Garrett Harvard University Press,...

Dave Freedman

Oct 16, 2020

The Brutal History of the American Mafia

4 pretty good books reviewed by Dave Freedman. The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia...

Dave Freedman

Oct 15, 2020

The First Jewish & Black Supreme Court Justices

Here are the definitive biographies of Justices Louis Brandeis and Thurgood Marshall. Both are inspiring. Louis D. Brandeis: A Life By...

Dave Freedman

Oct 13, 2020

The Constitutional Convention, Ratification, and Bill of Rights

First I will review the two definitive books on how the U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787. They are fascinating and dramatic; neither...

Dave Freedman

Oct 12, 2020

FDR’s Desperate Attempt to Pack the Supreme Court in 1937

Two book reviews by Dave Freedman Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court By Jeff Shesol W.W. Norton, 2010, 656 pages...