A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice [Paperback]

“Fascinating....Loaded with perceptive and provocative comments on Shakespeare’s plots, characters, and contemporary analogs.”
—Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States

“Kenji Yoshino is the face and the voice of the new civil rights.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich, author ofNickled and Dimed

A Thousand Times More Fairis a highly inventive and provocative exploration of ethics and the law that uses the plays of William Shakespeare as a prism through which to view the nature of justice in our contemporary lives. Celebrated law professor and author Kenji Yoshino delves into ten of the most important works of the Immortal Bard of Avon, offering prescient and thought-provoking discussions of lawyers, property rights, vengeance (legal and otherwise), and restitution that have tremendous significance to the defining events of our times—from the O.J. Simpson trial to Abu Ghraib. Anyone fascinated by important legal and social issues—as well as fans of Shakespeare-centered bestsellers likeWill in the World—will findA Thousand Times More Fairan exceptionally rewarding reading experience.

Celebrated legal scholar Kenji Yoshino's first book,Covering, was acclaimed—from theNew York Times Book ReviewtoO, The Oprah Magazine to theAmerican Lawyer—for its elegant prose, its good humor, and its brilliant insights into civil rights and discrimination law. Now, inA Thousand Times More Fair, Yoshino turns his attention to the question of what makes a fair and just society, and delves deep into a surprising source to answer it: Shakespeare's greatest plays. Through fresh and insightful readings ofMeasure for Measure,Titus Andronicus,Othello, and others, he addresses the fundamental questions we ask about our world today and elucidates some of the most troubling iló"