And Justice for All, Student Anthology

What is justice? This anthology from the Literature & Thought series contains literature that challenges the reader, promotes critical thinking, and encourages independent exploration of themes and issues related to this topic.

Prologue

Creating Context

Cluster One: What's Fair—What's Not?

Thinking Skill: Evaluating

Someone Who Saw (short story)

David Gifaldi

Crossing the Line (article)

Nell Bernstein

Innocent Have I Been Tortured, Innocent Must I Die (letter)

Johannes Junius, with Milton Meltzer

The Law vs. Justice (satire)

Dave Barry

Could a Woman Do That? (essay)

Anita Gustafson

Cluster Two: Who Judges?

Thinking Skill: Analyzing

And Justice for All (article)

Johnny D. Boggs

Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser (Ukrainian folktale)

Isaac Bashevis Singer

justice (poem)

w. r. rodriguez

Words (short story)

Dian Curtis Regan

Cluster Three: Punishment or Mercy?

Thinking Skill: Comparing and Contrasting

The Quality of Mercy (Moroccan folktale)

Sharon Creeden

Portia's Speech (monologue)

William Shakespeare

The Bishop's Candlesticks (drama)

Lewy Olfson, based on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

This Isn't Kiddy Court (commentary)

Judge Judy Sheindlin

Cluster Four: Thinking on Your Own

Thinking Skill: Synthesizing

The United States v. Susan B. Anthony (biography)

Margaret Truman

Dumb Criminal Tales (anecdotes)

Daniel R. Butler et al.

The Truth About Sharks (short story)

Joan Bauer

Martin Luther King, Jr. (poem)

Gwendolyn Brooks