Courts

“Martin Shapiro has again given us much food for thought in our quest for a more realistic understanding of courts and judges. The blueprint which he presents establishes a meaningful direction for the refinement of general propositions about courts beyond the prototypical and for the application of those propositions to the study of judicial institutions and processes in every society.”

“I cannot praise sufficiently Shapiro’s facility in dealing with material on English courts, European courts, and the judicial systems of Imperial China and the Islamic world.”

“The thesis is provocative and deserves to be widely pondered.”

“Like and intellectual compactor, Shapiro compresses into virtually every statement powerful insights, assumptions, and wisdom.”—