There's some important stuff you don't know about the law (but really should)! What happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? When can you legally use self-defense? How the hell does the Electoral College work, and who came up with it anyway? We hear about the law everywhere, from our social media feeds to 24/7 news coverage, and even during heated debates with friends and family. But do the people we're listening to really understand the law, or how it works? The Law Says What? offers a crash course on some of ...
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There's some important stuff you don't know about the law (but really should)! What happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? When can you legally use self-defense? How the hell does the Electoral College work, and who came up with it anyway? We hear about the law everywhere, from our social media feeds to 24/7 news coverage, and even during heated debates with friends and family. But do the people we're listening to really understand the law, or how it works? The Law Says What? offers a crash course on some of the most bizarre, infuriating, and vitally important legal topics of today. Using real-world cases as a guide, you'll explore laws that affect your everyday life and analyze the rationales behind the ones that might make your head spin. Your mind will be blown and you'll even find yourself laughing as you learn about the weird quirks of criminal law, civil law, contract law, property law, tort law, international law, and courtroom procedure. You'll discover things like: Why the police don't actually have a legal duty to protect you How marijuana is both legal and illegal at the same time When you can be charged for murder without actually killing anyone What someone has to do to legally steal your property And much more! Harvard Law School graduate and practicing attorney Maclen Stanley has already studied all the boring laws so you don't have to, condensing the real-world legal cases into fascinating stories with valuable information. Designed to be easily digestible for all readers, you'll feel like you're having a casual conversation with a friend, rather than reading your mortgage disclosures. This book will help you make better decisions and have deeper conversations about the most important laws that affect you, your family, and your friends on a daily basis. Along the way, you'll see that, in practice, the law-much like the human beings that create and enforce it-is actually pretty weird. The Law Says What? is perfect for fans of books like Freakonomics and Outliers, and anyone else who's looking to engage with modern political discussions, educate themselves about the curiosities of our legal system, or even attend law school. You'll also love this book if you're curious about: Current events Politics The U.S. legal system The Constitution The justice system
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I retired from a nearly forty-year career as a lawyer in 2010 to pursue other interests, including reading and writing reviews. I haven't much missed the practice but took the opportunity to read "The Law Says What? Stuff you didn't Know about the Law (But Really Should)" when the author, Maclen Stanley, kindly offered me a review copy. Stanley is enterprising, ambitious and intelligent with graduate studies in psychology in addition to his law degree from Harvard. He maintains his own law firm which specializes in gender-related issues.
Stanley's book is intended for non-lawyers and has two large goals. First the book introduces the reader to the "interesting, weird, and sometimes irritating things that you don't know about the law, but really should". Thus Stanley tries to show what the law is about and why people should know and think about it in their daily lives.
Second the book tries to show the reader "how to think like a lawyer". "Think like a lawyer" is almost a cliche in legal education and practice, but the book tries to show its lay readers how to analyze and consider broad legal issues rather than expounding an endless stream of statutes, cases, and rules. The book encourages thinking about the "why" of the law -- the essential part of almost any enterprise. Stanley emphasizes throughout the human, discretionary, fallible character of the law and also the crucial point that "the law is inherently political -- or at least ideological". On many matters, one's view of the law will align with one's politics or more broadly one's philosophy and way of understanding life. Stanley aims to give the reader a sense of the "grey nature of the law and the surprising amount of subjectivity and discretion involved in legal analyses and interpretation." From my own years of practice, I agree with Stanley and find that he conveys his sense of law well to readers who are not attorneys.
The book is short, punchy, and colloquially written. It shows a fine sense of humor and lightness of touch. The work consists of six chapters which cover the broad topics of the police, crime and punishment, self-defense, individual rights, employers and landlords, and the judicial system. Each chapter begins with a legal doctrine that, in the author's words, is "weird" or perhaps controversial, or counter-intuitive. He gives examples of the doctrine as developed in cases, the Constitution, or other legal sources. Then in sections titled "But ... Why", Stanley tries to develop a rationale for the "weird" legal doctrine. His point is not to convince the reader that the doctrine is correct but rather to learn to see that there are different sides to most questions and to think the matter through for oneself. For all the apparent irreverance of some of the book, it is even-handed and thoughtful. Several topical, hot-button issues are discussed including abortion and the Amaud Arbery case, prior to the recent trial and verdict. There are also sections in each chapter titled "Crash Courses" which offer short summaries of various legal issues. These sections seemed to me somewhat dry and vaguely brought back my time in law school many years ago.
Stanley has mastered a great deal of legal thinking, and he presents it to the reader in a provocative, interesting way. The book will enhance the reader's understanding of the American legal system and its pervasive role in American life and encourage thought on its strengths and possible weaknesses. Some portions of this book are elementary to those readers with legal training. But I learned a great deal from the book about the law and about the career in which I spent many years. This book encourages reflection about the law and about the importance in life and law of considering different outlooks and points of view.
