Between 1965 and 1990, federal judges in almost all of the states handed down sweeping rulings that affected virtually every prison and jail in the United States. Without a doubt judges were the most important prison reformers during this period. This...

Authored by two leading scholars of the Supreme Court and its policy making, this study systematically presents and validates the use of the attitudinal model to explain and predict Supreme Court decision making. In the process, it critiques the two...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA New Yorker Best Book of 2024 So FarA fascinating and original history of an idea that now controls and monetizes almost everything we do.Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of...

The Crises Of American Democracy And Criminal Justice Are Intimately Connected. David A. Sklansky Shows How Police, Courts, And Prisons Helped To Break American Democracy And Can Be Reformed To Empower Equitable Self-governance. Seeking Durable Change,...

The first collection of writings from one of the foremost contemporary critical thinkers on racism, geography and incarcerationGathering together Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s work from over three decades, Abolition Geography presents her singular contribution...

Powerful interviews with scholars, organizers, and activists who are leading the movement to end policing and prison.Award-winning journalist Kolhatkar presents a visionary outlook for a future rooted in liberation, freedom, and justice.Abolitionist...

How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? Building the Judiciary uncovers the causes and...