I purchased two new books today that I am eager to read. Both books are focused on the legal profession, specifically trying to help lawyers and law students understand how a judge thinks. I’ll post more on these two books as soon as I read them:
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges by Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner hit book stores today. Or at least it was supposed to be on sale today. I had to visit and call several bookstores before I found a store with the book in stock. Either way after wandering around DC for a bit I was rewarded with the latest in a long line of book designed to help lawyer’s and law student’s writing. Having Scalia’s name on this book certainly gives it some influential power: having a Supreme Court Justice’s opinion on legal writing is clearly a huge selling point. I’ve just started the book and have found it very readable so far (much more so than other books in this genre) and as soon as I finish it I will post my thoughts.
How Judges Think by Richard A. Posner attempts to offer people a window into a judges mind. I do not know much about this book, so I’ll wait until I’ve read it to discuss it further. Posner is a very large figure in the legal world, especially in regards to Law and Economics. He currently sits on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Posner has already published over forty books, and I suspect this latest work will live up to his reputation.
More to follow on both of these books after I finish them.