Publications: Book Reviews
| Year | Title | Author | Publisher | Issue | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | What We Write about When We Write about the Death Penalty—A Review of Recent Books and Literature on Capital Punishment | Leigh B. Bienen | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology | Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 751-770 | These new books focusing on capital punishment issues come at a time when if there is not renewed interest in the death penalty, there is at least some surprise, among advocates, academics, and toilers in the criminal justice system, that we find ourselves where we are at the end of the millennium. [Read more] |
| 1988 | The Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty | Leigh B. Bienen | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology | 1988, Volume 79, Issue 1, Article 6 | The Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty was published a few months before the United States Supreme Court handed down McCleskey v. Kemp, the case challenging the imposition of capital punishment in Georgia on the basis of a comprehensive statistical study conducted by Professor David Baldus and his colleagues at The State University of Iowa. [Read more] |
| 1984 | The Law as Storyteller: The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis | Leigh Buchanan Bienen | Harvard Law Review | Volume 98, No. 2, pp. 494-502 | Criminal cases are especially rich in drama and narrative. They present stories raising fundamental questions of life and liberty. In 'The Return of Martin Guerre', Professor Natalie Zemon Davis recounts one such story, a sixteenth century tale that never would have been preserved had not the law assumed the role of storyteller. [Read more] |
| 1959 | Review of John Updike's Debut Novel, The Poorhouse Fair | Leigh M. Buchanan | Cornell's EPOCH Magazine | 1959, Volume 9, Issue 4, Spring | A review of John Updike's debut novel, The Poorhouse Fair |