Robert L. Tsai

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Robert L. Tsai is Professor of Law & Harry Elwood Warren Scholar at Boston University. He has been awarded a '24-'25 Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellowship at Princeton's University Center for Human Values. Tsai is the author of four books: Demand the Impossible, Practical Equality, America’s Forgotten Constitutions, and Eloquence and Reason. Bryan Stevenson, best-selling author of Just Mercy, calls Tsai's latest book, Demand the Impossible, "an inspiring account of one of our nation's greatest lawyers ... who has prioritized the poor, the vulnerable, and condemned." Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson calls the book "deeply moving and sobering." Kirkus declares Demand the Impossible "an excellent complement to Bryan Stevenson ...more

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This was an excellent book. It highlights some court cases brought to the Supreme Court by Stephen Bright.

The book assumes some familiarity with the US justice system. I think mos" Read more of this review »
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"Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. Thank you to the publisher and to Professor Robert L. Tsai for the opportunity to review this excellent, must-read book.

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