The Myth Of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails To Do What's Right

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American culture is obsessed with the law, the legal system and lawyers. With a lawyers expertise and a novelist's sensibility, Rosnbaum tackles complicated philosophical questions about our longing for moral justice.

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"This is a thoughtful look at the shortcomings of the American legal system." -- Booklist

"Rosenbaum should be read by every law student in America." -- New York Times Book Review

"Mr. Rosenbaum's complaints about the current legal system are widely shared." -- The New York Sun

"[Rosenbaum] cleverly enlivens his discourse with histrionic scenes from novels, films, plays and TV." -- Miami Herald

"[Rosenbaum's] book ought to be required reading in law schools and continuing legal education classes." -- Washington Post

Author Bio

Thane Rosenbaum teaches courses in human rights, legal humanities, and law and literature at Fordham Law School. He is also an award-winning novelist (The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible). His essays appear frequently in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and other national publications. He lives in New York City with his daughter, Basia Tess.