“...we all owe a debt to Ruth Herz for negotiating access to, and reproduction of, this fascinating set of pictures. Even if the text accompanying the images were to be removed, the 92 illustrations produced in this book provide scholars of visual jurisprudence with a wealth of material on which to reflect.” – Linda Mulcahy,
Law and Humanities, Volume 7(1)
“...an extraordinary book.” – Leslie J Moran,
Law and Humanities, Volume 7(1)
“There is no equivalent body of work in the history of justice or art; nothing that reveals so immediately the dramas lived out in the theatre of law. Created with materials smuggled into court in the sleeves of Cavellat's judicial robes ... these images might have remained secret forever if Ruth Herz had not happened upon them.
It is rare to find a legal publisher that attends with such care to the artistic and presentational aspects of its book list, as it is to find a judge who takes the court list for the day and turns it into a work of art.” – Gary Watt,
Times Literary Supplement
“Practising lawyers and judges rarely write anything that advances understanding of the legal process. An exception is the French judge Pierre Cavellat, whose drawings from the bench are the subject of Ruth Herz's fascinating new book The Art of Justice.” – David Pannick,
The Times