Ages ago, at my first-year law school orientation, my classmates were told "If you only know the law, then you do not know the law at all." I took the words to heart as I made my way through law school, through law practice and, now, into law teaching. The Cosmopolitan Lawyer lists readings, many non-law, which are influencing my thinking about law. It is my effort to be, and to encourage others to be, more cosmopolitan--and, thus, less parochial--in thinking about law.
August 30, 2011
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, pt. 1
Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body, and Early Writings: Boston and London, 1722-1726; Philadelphia, 1726-1757; London, 1757-1775, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay (New York: Library of America(1987, 2002)(From the book jacket: "Controversial in his own time, and the subject of vigorous debate ever since--to Matthew Arnold he exemplified 'victorious good sense,' while to D.H. Lawrence he was the 'first dummy American'--Franklin emerges in this collection a a figure of extraordinary complexity for readers to discover, consider, and appreciate anew.").