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Law in a Digital World
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (1995)
Author: M. Ethan Katsh
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LAW IN A DIGITAL WORLD? YES PLEASE!
Hey who said the INTERNET IS FOR DUMMIES? I'm autistic and I found this book to be the banannas of the gods! Hark? Does thou hear thyne thunder of the rainbows? I too hear it. Come traveler! Come rest thy bones by my fire and hear tales of dragons and adventure. For I am Gandalf the wizard! huzzah to you and yours I command! Here ye here ye! This book is RAD!


Before the Law
Published in Paperback by Houghton Mifflin College (1998)
Authors: John J. Bonsignore, Ethan Katsh, Peter D'Errico, Roanld M. Pipkin, Stephen Arons, and Janet Rifkin
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Excellent but marred
This is no doubt an excellent collection. Obviously, a lot of thought has gone into the selecting of the numerous reading. I've used it as companion to my course on sociology of law. It proved, however, a little too complex for undergraduates. I still believe it would be very useful for graduate courses, in particular the notes and questions accompanying the readings. My main objection is the clearly leftist (or anarchical ?) bias the reader rather rapidly detects. I am not questioning the right of the editors to promote their point of view. But I believe their sympathies should have been stated to start with. Textbooks need not be neutral; their leanings, however, should not be hidden behind pretended scientific or academic objectivity. It is somewhat annoying to have to warn students. The above does not mean that I will never assign the book again. But it is my considered opinion that the higher level of critical ability of graduate students is more appropriate to confront the propaganda aspect of this text.

Holistic Legal Studies
I first read this book as a freshman at the University of Massachusetts over a decade ago. I still have it on my bookshelf. What the writers have done, all proffesors at UMass, is to aggregate numerous sources of content some legal, some on the fringes which are made to be legal oriented in context, to offer an anti clinical and humanisitic approach to the study of law. The focus is to offer the reader/student a different perspective on law and its impact and effect on society. I would imagine that reading the text alone may be a less than gratifying experience, but coupled with intellectual discussion it can be a tremendously powerful tool. The text is required reading for all UMass Legal Studies majors, and offers a wonderful foundation for moving forward within the study of law with a unique point of view.


The Electronic Media and the Transformation of Law
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr on Demand (1989)
Author: M. Ethan Katsh
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Taking Sides
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin (1986)
Author: M. Ethan Katsh
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Legal Issues (Taking Sides)
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin (15 December, 2003)
Authors: M. Ethan Katsh and William Rose
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Legal Issues
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin (1991)
Author: M. Ethan Katsh
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