Jonathan Peters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Media law prof @UGAGrady and @UGASchoolofLaw. Chair, UGA Department of Journalism. Recent credits: Vanity Fair, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic, CJR.

Tiger Woods
Jeff Benedict
@MediaLawProf Trying not to repeat what has already been suggested: "Tiger Woods," by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, is really well done. So is "The Boys of Winter," by Wayne Coffey.
Paperback, 2019
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Lady Chatterly's Lover
D. H. Lawrence
These restrictions continued into the 20th century, under the Comstock Act and its progeny, limiting the circulation of works like Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover and Joyce's Ulysses, the latter of which the gov't claimed was obscene b/c it contained "unparlorlike" language.
Paperback, 2018
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Wayne Coffey
@MediaLawProf Trying not to repeat what has already been suggested: "Tiger Woods," by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, is really well done. So is "The Boys of Winter," by Wayne Coffey.
Paperback, 2005
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution
Barry Friedman
(1) The justices have, in some cases, been responsive to public opinion; and more broadly, as scholar Barry Friedman put it, “It frequently is the case that when judges rely on the Constitution to invalidate [govt] actions..., they are enforcing the will of the ... people.”
Paperback, 2010
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The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
Bob Woodward
And then, of course, there are the books: The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong; Closed Chambers, by Edward Lazarus; Sorcerers’ Apprentices, by Artemus Ward and David Weiden; Supreme Conflict, by Jan Crawford; The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin. Etc.
Paperback, 2005
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin
And then, of course, there are the books: The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong; Closed Chambers, by Edward Lazarus; Sorcerers’ Apprentices, by Artemus Ward and David Weiden; Supreme Conflict, by Jan Crawford; The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin. Etc.
Paperback, 2008
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
Edward Lazarus
And then, of course, there are the books: The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong; Closed Chambers, by Edward Lazarus; Sorcerers’ Apprentices, by Artemus Ward and David Weiden; Supreme Conflict, by Jan Crawford; The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin. Etc.
Paperback, 2005
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses
J. Joyce
These restrictions continued into the 20th century, under the Comstock Act and its progeny, limiting the circulation of works like Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover and Joyce's Ulysses, the latter of which the gov't claimed was obscene b/c it contained "unparlorlike" language.
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Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court
Artemus Ward
And then, of course, there are the books: The Brethren, by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong; Closed Chambers, by Edward Lazarus; Sorcerers’ Apprentices, by Artemus Ward and David Weiden; Supreme Conflict, by Jan Crawford; The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin. Etc.
Paperback, 2007
$39.00$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book