In what has become an annual tradition, we asked the Law School’s distinguished faculty to tell us about the last good book they read. The results cover a wide range of genres and topics, from law to history, nonfiction to fiction.
We’re giving away a selection of books from our faculty reading recommendations list for you to enjoy in the new year! University of Chicago Law School alumni who make a gift of any size by midnight on December 31, 2024, will be included in this drawing. If you have given at any time this fiscal year (including gifts made on or after July 1, 2024), no worries — you have already been entered in the drawing.
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For the holiday issue of the New York Review of Books, I have reviewed three must-read books about the cruelties of the factory farming industry: Timothy Pachirat’s Every Twelve Seconds, Matthew Scully’s Fear Factories, and, especially of interest for our community, Alan K. Chen and Justin Marceau’s Truth and Transparency, a general study of undercover investigations, but focused above all on so-called “ag-gag” laws, laws forbidding reporting and photography of conditions in the meat industry. They argue vigorously that these laws are unconstitutional on free speech grounds. Before you launch into these books, and (I hope) read my essay, take a backward glance at Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, which said it all in 1906.