在西方的基督教教义中指出人的七宗罪——贪食、色欲、贪婪、伤悲、暴怒、懒惰、傲慢，是人类性格的深渊面，而施克莱在本书中提出了“平常的恶”的概念，认为残酷、虚伪、傲慢、背叛和愤世嫉俗等，不过是浅滩暗礁，以充满活力和野蛮的方式成为人类性格的瑕疵。 施克莱从一批伟大的作家的作品 的解读——莫利哀和狄更斯的虚伪，简•奥斯汀的势利，莎士比亚和孟德斯鸠的愤世嫉俗，霍桑和尼采的残酷，康拉德和福克纳的背叛——揭示了恶的本质及其影响。她审视了它们的破坏性影响，及其对政府和公民的影响。 《平常的恶》是一本智慧、聪明、心思细腻的书，它讨论了各种个人之恶——残忍、虚伪、势利等——的危害与价值。施克莱教授探究了这些恶的重要性，哪些恶比其他恶更坏，它们可以为社会作出何种积极贡献，以及在不同社会中，这些恶的含义有何种差别。 ——伯纳德·威廉斯

Most of us know very little about the law. We pick up bits of information from television and newspaper accounts of current legal battles, and from bestselling novels and popular movies. But these pieces do not give us an accurate or complete picture. In Law 101, Jay M. Feinman offers a delightfully clear introduction to law, covering the main subjects found in the first year of law school and giving us a basic understanding of the American legal tradition. Readers are introduced to every aspect of the legal system, from constitutional law and the litigation process to tort law, contract law, property law, and criminal law. Feinman illuminates each discussion with many intriguing, outrageous, and infamous cases, from the scalding coffee case that cost McDonald's half a million dollars, to the sensational murder trial in Victorian London that led to the legal definition of insanity, to the epochal decision in Marbury v. Madison that gave the Supreme Court the power to declare state and federal laws unconstitutional. He broadens the reader's legal vocabulary, clarifying the meaning of everything from "due process" and "equal protection" in constitutional law, to the distinction between "murder" and "manslaughter" in criminal law. Perhaps most important, we learn that law is voluminous and complex, but accessible to everyone. Anyone who enjoys Court TV will find this book irresistible. Everyone who wants a better grasp of current legal issues, from students contemplating law school to journalists covering the legislature or the courts, will find here a wonderful source of information--a complete, clear, and colorful map of the American legal system.

What is law? This question has preoccupied philosophers from Plato to Thomas Hobbes to H. L. A. Hart. Yet many others find it perplexing. How could we possibly know how to answer such an abstract question? And what would be the point of doing so? In Legality, Scott Shapiro argues that the question is not only meaningful but vitally important. In fact, many of the most pressing puzzles that lawyers confront - including who has legal authority over us and how we should interpret constitutions, statutes, and cases - will remain elusive until this grand philosophical question is resolved. Shapiro draws on recent work in the philosophy of action to develop an original and compelling answer to this age-old question. Breaking with a long tradition in jurisprudence, he argues that the law cannot be understood simply in terms of rules. Legal systems are best understood as highly complex and sophisticated tools for creating and applying plans. Shifting the focus of jurisprudence in this way - from rules to plans - not only resolves many of the most vexing puzzles about the nature of law but has profound implications for legal practice as well. Written in clear, jargon-free language, and presupposing no legal or philosophical background, "Legality" is both a groundbreaking new theory of law and an excellent introduction to and defense of classical jurisprudence.

《法律之门》(第8版)是美国各大学法学院比较通用的一本法律教科书。也可以看作是一部英美法的微型百科全书。《法律之门》(第8版)旨在展示美国的法律过程，不只通过描述，而且通过让读者置身于你来我往的争辩之中，而强调法律讲论的重要意义，则只在部分意义上是规则的一种功能。《法律之门》(第8版)的资料安排意在让每一观点都能与其他观点相比对。每一文章和案例都提供了探索人的紧张关系的机会。正是以这种教学法，《法律之门》(第8版)模拟了美国法律过程的实际运作，打开了进入法律和社会的大门。《法律之门》(第8版)所提供的法律规则、原则和案例，都是社会科学、历史和文学等知识语境中的论辩和讨论素材。

I ask no favors for my sex… All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks. —Sarah Moore Grimké, activist for women’s suffrage, 1837 As the United States Supreme Court leans increasingly to the right, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vigorous dissenting opinions and ferocious 20-push-up workouts have earned this tiny, soft-spoken, intellectual giant the status of rock star and the title “Notorious RBG.” What many don’t know is Ginsburg’s strategic, trailblazing role in defining gender-discrimination law. Intent on systematically releasing women from second-class status, she argued six pivotal gender-bias cases in the 1970s before an all-male Supreme Court blind to sexism. Now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.