The Myth Of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails To Do What's Right by Thane Rosenbaum

The Myth Of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails To Do What's Right by Thane Rosenbaum

We are obsessed with watching television shows and feature films about lawyers, reading legal thrillers, and following real-life trials. Yet, at the same time, most of us don't trust lawyers and hold them and the legal system in very low esteem.

In The Myth of Moral Justice, law professor and novelist Thane Rosenbaum suggests that this paradox stems from the fact that citizens and the courts are at odds when it comes to their definitions of justice. With a lawyer's expertise and a novelist's sensability, Rosenbaum tackles complicated philosophical questions about our longing for moral justice. He also takes a critical look at what our legal system does to the spirits of those who must come before the law, along with those who practice within it.

Thane Rosenbaum is the author of Elijah Visible, a critically praised novel-in-stories that won the Wallant Award for outstanding book of Jewish-American fiction. He is the literary editor of Tikkun and publishes essays and reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other national media. He is a law professor of human rights and a creative writing teacher. He and his daughter, Basia Tess, live in New York.