How should judges, in America and elsewhere, interpret statutes and the Constitution? Previous work on these fundamental questions has typically started from abstract views about the nature of democracy or constitutionalism, or the nature of legal language, or the essence of the rule of law. From these conceptual premises, theorists typically deduce an ambitious role for judges...(展开全部)

In "Reflections on Judging," Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urge...(展开全部)

In "Reflections on Judging," Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urge...(展开全部)

Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for 15 years. Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifie...(展开全部)

Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for 15 years. Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifie...(展开全部)

伊丽莎白·斯特劳特，美国当代著名作家。1956年生于美国缅因州的波特兰市，大学毕业后开始文学创作，作品散见于《纽约客》等重要文学杂志。1998年，出版长篇处女作《十六岁的夏天》（Amy and Isabelle）, 先后荣获《洛杉矶时报》首作奖及《芝加哥论坛报》中心文学奖，并入选橘子奖决选名单和美国笔会/福克纳奖提名。2006年出版《与我同在》（Abide with Me），登上全美畅销榜，入选美国独立书商协会选书。2008年出版第三部作品《奥丽芙·基特里奇》（Olive Kitteridge），次年获得普利策小说奖。其新作品为2013年出版的《伯吉斯家的男孩们》（The Burgess Boys）。

伊丽莎白·斯特劳特，美国当代著名作家。1956年生于美国缅因州的波特兰市，大学毕业后开始文学创作，作品散见于《纽约客》等重要文学杂志。1998年，出版长篇处女作《十六岁的夏天》（Amy and Isabelle）, 先后荣获《洛杉矶时报》首作奖及《芝加哥论坛报》中心文学奖，并入选橘子奖决选名单和美国笔会/福克纳奖提名。2006年出版《与我同在》（Abide with Me），登上全美畅销榜，入选美国独立书商协会选书。2008年出版第三部作品《奥丽芙·基特里奇》（Olive Kitteridge），次年获得普利策小说奖。其新作品为2013年出版的《伯吉斯家的男孩们》（The Burgess Boys）。

特蕾西•里斯（Tracy Rees） 从剑桥大学毕业后，一直住在威尔士。特蕾西在非虚构类小说出版领域有过八年的职业生涯，之后她决定做一名全职作家。 在理查德•梅德利和朱迪•芬尼根举办的首届面向全国作者的“寻找畅销书”竞赛中，43岁的特蕾西•里斯凭借首部作品《雪中的印记》击败了成千上万个雄心勃勃的挑战者。赢得了50000英镑的图书出版协议。 “理查德&朱迪”这档下午脱口秀节目的火暴程度甚至超出了出版界，而成为街谈巷议的“理查德&朱迪现象”。 布鲁斯伯瑞出版社的资深出版人凯蒂•邦德对理查德和朱迪推荐的书目的含金量毫不怀疑。她说：“除了布克奖之外，他们的风头已经盖过了所有的文学奖。” 所以作为首届“寻找畅销书”大赛的桂冠作品，《雪中的印记》的含金量自然是不言而喻的。

（1）编者简介 妮可·马修斯（Nicole Matthews），澳大利亚悉尼麦考瑞大学媒介、批评和文化研究讲师，著有《喜剧政治》（Comic Politics, 2002）。 妮基安娜·穆迪（Nickianne Moody），英国利物浦约翰摩尔斯大学媒介与文化研究的负责人。编有《性别化的图书馆史》（Gendering Library History，2000）、《西班牙通俗小说》（Spanish Popular Fiction，2004）等多部论文集。 （2）译者简介 王苇，文学博士，南京师范大学外国语学院讲师。主要研究方向为英美文学与女性文学、文学翻译等。出版专著《西方女性小说经典导读》（合著）、译著《与阿列克斯一路同行》，在《当代外国文学》等刊物发表学术论文十余篇。

National Bestseller In her stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle , Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother—and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets. In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance. And eating, sleepin...(展开全部)