Recent Books by UCLA Law Faculty

Richard Abel Law's Trials: The Performance of Legal Institutions in the US 'War on Terror' Cambridge University Pr. (2018) One of two companion volumes examining the post-9/11 impacts on legal institutions, authored by UCLA Law's Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus.	Richard Abel Law's Wars: The Fate of the Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror' Cambridge University Pr. (2018) One of two companion volumes examining the post-9/11 impacts on legal institutions, authored by UCLA Law's Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus.	Edited by Khaled Abou El Fadl, Ahmad Atif Ahmad and Said Fares Hassan Routledge Handbook of Islamic Law Routledge (2019) A detailed reference comprising original articles covering the origins, history, theory and practice of Islamic law, including a critical analysis of the pedagogical approaches to analyzing the subject.	Edited by Stephen M. Bainbridge, Iman Anabtawi, Sung Hui Kim and James Park Can Delaware Be Dethroned? Evaluating Delaware's Dominance of Corporate Law Cambridge University Pr. (2018) Four UCLA Law experts in corporate and securities law contribute essays and curate essays by others evaluating Delaware's primacy in corporate law.
Stephen M. Bainbridge and M. Todd Henderson Limited Liability: A Legal and Economic Analysis Edward Elgar Pub. (2016) A comprehensive economic analysis of laws, in America and around the world, that make corporations such an attractive structure for collaborative enterprises.	Edited by Aslı Ü. Bâli and Hanna Lerner Constitution Writing, Religion and Democracy Cambridge University Pr. (2017) An edited volume exploring the complex challenge of crafting a democratic constitution under conditions of deep disagreement over a state's religious or secular identity, drawing on case studies in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.	Stuart Banner Speculation: A History of the Fine Line between Gambling and Investing Oxford University Pr. (2017) Stuart Banner's ninth book offers a sweeping review on how those charged with regulating the American economy have worked (and sometimes struggled) to distinguish between beneficial speculation and reckless economic activity.	Edited by Ann Carlson and Dallas Burtaw Lessons from the Clean Air Act: Building Durability and Adaptability into U.S. Climate and Energy Policy Cambridge University Pr. (2019) This illuminating book examines the Clean Air Act's successes and failures, offering lessons in climate and energy policymaking to legislators, regulators and scholars interested in the field.
Edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, Daniel Martinez HoSang and George Lipsitz Seeing Race Again: Countering Colorblindness Across the Disciplines University of California Pr. (2019) By examining the racial histories of fields as diverse as the law, musicology and gender studies, this book shows how colorblindness compromises the capacity of disciplines to effectively respond to contemporary conditions.	Scott L. Cummings Blue and Green: The Drive for Justice at America's Port MIT Press (2018) An account of how environmentalists and labor unions built an alliance – and used legal tools – to transform the trucking industry and improve working conditions at the massive and economically important Port of Los Angeles.	Joshua Foa Dienstag Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism Manchester University Pr. (2016) Framed as a letter to film theorist Stanley Cavell, Joshua Dienstag's central essay mirrors the celebrated dialogue between Rousseau and Jean D'Alembert, reflecting on the aesthetics of film and its role in democratic life, with commentary by several philosophers and film theorists.	Joshua Foa Dienstag Cinema Pessimism: A Political Theory of Representation and Reciprocity Oxford University Pr. (2019) Looking at motion pictures that directly confront issues of representative democracy, this book argues that film offers a unique perspective through which to understand dangers to equality and freedom.
Edited by Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff The New Criminal Justice Thinking NYU Pr. (2018) Scholars of legal theory, sociology, criminology, critical race theory and other fields offer crucial insights into the modern justice system. Winner of the American Library Association CHOICE Award.	Blake Emerson The Publc's Law: Origins and Architecture of Progressive Democracy Oxford University Pr. (2019) A theory and history of democracy in the American administrative state, authored by authored by UCLA Law Professor Blake Emerson.	Laura E. Gómez Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race (2nd ed.) NYU Pr. (2018) The story of the original Mexican Americans—the people living in northern Mexico during the Mexican American War—whose second-class legal status illustrates how groups become racialized and how racial categories change.	Co-edited by Sung Hui Kim Fiduciary Government Cambridge University Pr. (2018) This collection of chapters by leading writers captures the resurgence of public fiduciary theory that originated with the Greeks, co-edited by UCLA Law Professor Sung Hui Kim.
Edited by Máximo Langer and David Alan Sklansky Prosecutors and Democracy: A Cross-National Study Cambridge University Pr. (2017) Distinguished international scholars address how prosecutors can strengthen or undermine democracy, and why it has proven so challenging to hold prosecutors accountable while also insulating them from politics.	Jon D. Michaels Constitutional Coup: Privatization’s Threat to the American Republic Harvard University Pr. (2017) An examination of how the movement to make government run like a business does violence to the Constitution and threatens the health and stability of the republic.	Herbert Morris Disclosures: Essays on Art, Literature, and Philosophy CreateSpace (2017) Striking essays on literature and painting from the nationally recognized emeritus scholar on law and philosophy.	Neil Netanel Copyright: What Everyone Needs to Know Oxford University Pr. (2018) A concise and up-to-date overview of copyright law in the United States from a leading expert.
Neil Netanel From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print Oxford University Pr. (2016) Neil Netanel traces the development of Jewish copyright law, told through the stories of five dramatic disputes from the 16th century to the present.	James Salzman Drinking Water: A History (Rev. ed.) Overlook Duckworth (2017) Demonstrating how complex a seemingly simple glass of water can be, James Salzman highlights how the most pressing issues of our time – from globalization and social justice to terrorism and climate change – all point back to this fundamental resource.	Edited by James Salzman, Lisa Mandle, Zhiyun Quyang and Gretchen C. Daily Green Growth That Works: Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms Around the World Island Pr. (2019) This innovative guide brings together pragmatic finance and policy tools to guide agencies and organizations eager to make green growth work anywhere in the world.	Richard H. Sander, Yana A. Kucheva and Jonathan M. Zasloff Moving Toward Integration: The Past and Future of Fair Housing Harvard University Pr. (2018) Using an interdisciplinary approach and rich new data sources, the authors argue that reducing residential segregation is the best way to reduce racial inequality in the United States, and offer innovative steps toward achieving these goals.
Seana Valentine Shiffrin Speech Matters: On Lying, Morality, and the Law Princeton University Pr. (2015) Distinguished professor of law and philosophy Seana Shiffren argues that we must keep promises offered under duress, that lies are not protected by free speech, and that police and scholars subvert their mission when they lie in the course of their work.	Adam Winkler We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights W.W. Norton/Liverlight (2018) Acclaimed in the New York Times Book Review and elsewhere (and now longlisted for the National Book Award), We the Corporations uncovers the long and surprising history of one of the most powerful civil rights movement in the U.S., that of corporations.	Stephen C. Yeazell Lawsuits in a Market Economy: The Evolution of Civil Litigation University of Chicago Pr. (2018) Some describe civil litigation as a drag on the economy, others as the solution to most of the country's problems. Eminent civil procedure scholar Stephen Yeazell argues that civil litigation is both a successful business model and a system for resolving disputes, a fact that critics and fans do their best to conceal.