George P. Fletcher, Author . Oxford Univ. $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-19-514142-9
Garry Wills and others have described the Gettysburg Address as a redefinition of American democracy. Fletcher (With Justice for Some) argues that this unprecedented document, along with the three Reconstruction amendments (i.e., the 13th, 14th and...
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George P. Fletcher, Author Free Press $29.95 (253p) ISBN 978-0-02-910311-1
Those wanting a sensationalized account of the controversial case of Bernhard Goetz, who shot four young black men on a New York subway in 1984, are advised to look elsewhere. This study by a law professor at Columbia University is a measured...
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George P. Fletcher, Author Basic Books $24 (336p) ISBN 978-0-201-62254-6
This study is a worthy complement to Stephen Adler's The Jury (Forecasts, July 11) and Jeffrey Abramson's We, the Jury (Forecasts, Oct. 17). Fletcher, a professor of law at Columbia University Law School, supports the advances of the 1960s that...
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