Criminal,
Civil Rights,
Books
Jul. 28, 2017
The human costs of a flawed legal system
Former District Judge Vaughn R. Walker reviews Joel Cohen’s new book, “Broken Scales: Reflections on Injustice.”
Vaughn R. Walker
Arbitrator and Mediator
FedArb
Phone: (650) 328-9500
Stanford Law School
Vaughn served as a district judge for the Northern District of California from 1990-2011. He can be reached at fedarb.com
Errors in the operation of the judicial system come at huge costs, in both monetary and human terms. Joel Cohen, a New York lawyer who practices white collar defense, has written a volume of interviews with individuals affected by what Cohen suggests are breakdowns in the legal system.
The book is Cohen's second and much better effort at a compilation of interviews having a legal theme. The first book, "Blindfolds Off: Judges on How...
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