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LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - A Guide to HIPAA Security and the Law

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:40:31 -0700

Heather A. Phillips reviews Stephen S. Wu's book whose focus is coming into compliance with the recent and complex new HIPAA requirements.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Tabloid Justice: Criminal Justice in an Age of Media Frenzy and The Star Chamber: How Celebrities Go Free and their Lawyers Become Famous

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:43:46 -0700

Heather A. Phillips reviews a new book whose main focus is on uses on six major criminal cases of the 1990s, as well as one that concentrates on the details of what really happens when the media circus invades the courthouse, and the effect it has on both the trial participants and the verdict.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Nation of Secrets and Presidential Secrecy and the Law

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:07:33 -0700

Heather A. Phillips reviews two new books which present various perspectives on the expanding ramifications on our lives, and to our democracy, of government secrecy.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:55:28 -0700

Heather A. Phillips' evaluation of R. Kent Newmyer's book is that it paints a compelling and nuanced portrait of Justice John Marshall, not so much as a man, but as a thinker.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:01:07 -0700

Heather A. Phillips recommends this book focusing on parallels between the 1940s Red Scare and current fears about terrorism. In this detailed account, the Weigands tell a cautionary tale of innocent people caught up in the madness of their times.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips: Broken Government by John W. Dean

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:00:00 -0700

Heather A. Phillips reviews former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean's new book that includes personal insights and commentary on all three branches of government.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Eye for an Eye

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:00:00 -0700

Heather A. Phillips reviews William Ian Miller's, Eye for an Eye, in which he closely examines the ties between the literal realism of "an eye for an eye", and notions of honor and redemption.

LLRX Book Review by Sabrina I. Pacifici - The Yale Book of Quotations

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:32:54 -0700

Sabrina I. Pacifici reviews a dictionary of quotations that merits inclusion in your personal as well as professional collection.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Jerome Neu’s Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0700

Heather A. Phillips' reviews Jerome Neu's exploration of the characteristics, purpose, intent and effects of insults.

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:01:13 -0700

Heather A. Phillips joins LLRX with a regular book review column. This month's titles are Evolution, Intelligent Design and a School Board in Dover, PA and The Supreme Court and the Religion Clauses.