May 20:
Love is a game, and we must always be equal and evenly matched with each other in order to be dependent on each other for a long time.
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
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Daily Legal Book Recommendations
Living Up to the Love: Adventures in the University of France, Yale, and Wall Street
One sentence recommendation: We have a rare encounter with the world, so it is better to do our best to pursue the love of this life. A sincere sharing of a legal scholar goddess who has traveled across the ocean to pursue her passion, from studying and finding a job to experiencing ups and downs in the workplace, asking the meaning of life and finally finding the answer. In this book, Dan Meow (Zhao Danyang) shared her growth process of going to China University of Political Science and Law at the age of 15, Yale Law School at the age of 20, entering the top law firm on Wall Street at the age of 22, and leaving the law firm at the age of 25 to start a new starting point in life. With her infinite enthusiasm and sincere sharing, Dan Meow has inspired and helped many confused young people through Weibo, Zhihu, public accounts and other platforms. In this book, she will share her own growth process, learning methods and life philosophy for the first time, inspiring more readers to embark on the path of self-discovery. This book is detailed ↓
Legal Freshman: My 10 years at the University of Law, Yale, and Wall Street
Letter to Young Lawyers
One sentence recommendation: Douban score 9.2! Mr. Chen Shaowen used the method of letter questions and answers to answer various problems that young lawyers will encounter, and these answers are warm and firm. Many readers feel that it would be nice if they had come across this book earlier! In fact, this book is suitable for all young people, not just young lawyers. This book is detailed ↓
Chen Shaowen: These letters to young lawyers are the most important creations of my life
Posner
Recommendation: The only current biography of Posner. At the age of 85, Judge Posner is a legend in contemporary legal circles, having written more than 50 books, more than 300 papers and more than 3,300 judgments. It's no wonder that there's a joke about Posner, "Rumor has it that Posner sleeps every night." Posner was not only industrious and prolific, but also a maverick, criticizing his academic peers when he taught at the university, criticizing judges and courts when he was a judge, and not saying what the public wanted to hear as a public intellectual. Judge, jurist, and public knowledge cannot sum up Posner, and this biography helps us see the complex and complete Posner behind the labels. Posner himself was a great supporter of the biography, not only granting the author access to Posner's archival materials in the University of Chicago Library, but also accepting numerous face-to-face interviews and numerous e-mail questions. On top of that, more than 200 Posner colleagues, classmates, and friends helped write this book. These ensure that the book is a true description and review of Posner's life and intellect.
Professor Su Li's recommendation: Professor Zheng Ge's vivid and accurate translation has reproduced Posner, the most creative, prolific jurist and judge in the contemporary United States, with an unrivaled academic and judicial citation rate, in the Chinese world!
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Posner: Don't try to fool around in my courtroom
Sex and the Law
Testimonial: "Sex is a great and mysterious motive force in human life, and a fascinating subject throughout the ages." It's hard to believe that such romantic words came from a serious judge, but that's exactly what William J. Justice J. Brennan's 1957 judgment in Ross v. Confederation. Since the establishment of the law, "sex" has always been the content of the law trying to regulate, and issues such as marriage, contraception, abortion, obscenity, and same-sex sexual behavior have caused fierce struggles in different eras. "Sex and the Law" is written from the ancient concept of sexuality and sexual customs to today's "Roe v. Wade", which for the first time tells the long history of the collision between "sex" and "law": on the one hand, the continuous evolution of "sexual" culture in different eras, and on the other hand, the continuous regulation of sexual behavior and expression by "law". The book tells a series of historical figures, events and precedents related to "sex", and the gripping views and vivid background of the times are intertwined into the process of the collision between "sexuality" and "law", with more than 60 exquisite illustrations. Columbia University Chancellor Lee C. Bollinger highly recommends: This book is sure to have a profound impact, and it will soon be on the required reading list, not only for law students and scholars, but also for all those who want to better understand this magnificent cultural change that will continue to shake society as a whole. This book is detailed ↓
Dean of the Faculty of Law at Chiba University: I wrote this book about sexuality, political games, and the law for 10 years