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.
September 24, 2011
A PERSPECTIVE ON AMERICA AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
John Sayles, A Moment in the Sun: A Novel (San Francisco: McSweeney's Books, 2011) (From the back cover: "This is the story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our times.").