Adam Gross, philosopher-cum-lawyer, teaches at an Ivy League law
school in New York. Good looking, cultivated, bohemian, he was once
considered the rising star of his faculty, but that was a decade
ago, and times have changed. Doing the job he always wanted,
shaping eager, young, minds, showing them what it takes to be a
lawyer, Adam has to face the truth that his style is no longer what
the students pay for; and his Dean is getting worried about the
rising number of complaints. It doesn't help that he is about to
start sleeping with the Dean's wife... Faced with a struggle for
survival, sandwiched between headstrong students and colleagues
eager to see him cut down to size, Adam knows no other course than
to keep teaching law as he believes it must be taught - as a
global, complex and multi-faceted phenomenon in which American law
is just one part of the picture. In a world in which the old
certainties have been swept away, in which torture happens on our
doorstep, and inequalities multiply, more than ever Adam wants his
students to understand that they hold the key to a better, more
just, future. This novel by acclaimed Columbia Professor of Law,
George Fletcher, is at one and the same time a tale of university
life and a fascinating journey into the philosophical world of law.
By turns provocative, challenging, shocking and amusing, THE BOND
will change forever the way law students (and their teachers) think
about the law. "A shrewd and funny insight into a world of ideas,
love and intrigue: the American law school" Bernard Schlink, author
of The Reader. "This novel provides a unique insight into the
workings of the legal mind and the inner life of law schools."
Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science,
Yale University See the detailed website for this book: http:
//fletcher-thebond.com/?cat=4.
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