Summary
Steven Lubet is a legal scholar and author. Lubet is the Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University.
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Lubet has been noted for his commentary on controversial issues such as the appointment of scholar Steven Salaita at the University of Illinois,[1] the controversy over the legal status of Alice Goffman's research methods in her widely acclaimed book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City[2][3][4] and support of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's speaking at a President Donald J. Trump's hotel while cases about the Administration's travel ban and "challenging the constitutionality of payments to Mr. Trump’s companies" face the Supreme Court and lower courts.[5]
Lubet is a former juvenile and criminal defense lawyer, and former legal services lawyer.[6]
Books by Lubet edit
- Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters (Oxford University Press, 2017.)
- John Brown’s Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook (Yale University Press, 2012).
- Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010).
- Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice (NITA, 2010).
- Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn From Card Players (Oxford University Press, 2006).
- Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp (Yale University Press, 2004).
- Nothing But the Truth: Why Trial Lawyers Don't, Can't, and Shouldn't Have to Tell the Whole Truth (New York University Press, 2001).
- The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry: John Anthony Copeland and the War Against Slavery (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
References edit
- ^ Lubet, Steven (August 14, 2014). "Professor's tweets about Israel crossed the line". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ Lubet, Steven (May 27, 2015). "Did This Acclaimed Sociologist Drive the Getaway Car in a Murder Plot?". The New Republic. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ Lubet, Steven (May 16, 2015). "Review of Ethics on the Run". The New Rambler. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ^ Mordfin, Robin (Fall 2015). "Reviewing with Thought: Eric Posner's New Rambler Review Brings Academic Skills to Bear on Book Reviews". The Record. University of Chicago. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ^ Liptak, Adam, "Neil Gorsuch Speech at Trump Hotel Raises Ethical Questions", New York Times, August 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (June 5, 2015). "Alice Goffman's Heralded Book on Crime Is Disputed". New York Times. Retrieved June 12, 2015.