Essays in this 5.25x8" collection explore ideas of legality, morality, and responsibility in law. The pieces have been previously published in publications such as The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Nation, and Newsweek, as well as Harper's, Philadelphia Magazine, and The Atlantic. Some topics include gun rights, Google's gatekeepers, torture and the war on terror, Katrina's hidden race war, divorce and custody rights, and myths of the campus rape movement. Editor Dahlia Lithwick, a contributing editor at Newsweek, has been a frequent guest on the NPR program "Day to Day." Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)