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97 Harv. L. Rev 622 (1983-1984)
Recent Publications

handle is hein.journals/hlr97 and id is 640 raw text is: RECENT PUBLICATIONS DISCOVERY: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND PROBLEMS. By Roger S. Hay- dock and David F. Herr. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1983. Pp. xx, 408. $12.00 (paperback). This book provides a comprehen- sive discussion of discovery rules, procedures, skills, and theory. It includes chapters on depositions, interrogatories, requests for produc- tion and admissions, the scope of discovery, and enforcement of dis- covery rights. Each chapter explores both practical techniques and theoretical issues and concludes with a series of problems. THE COMPUTER IN COURT: A GUIDE TO COMPUTER EVIDENCE FOR LAWYERS AND COMPUTING PROFESSIONALS. By Alistair Kelman and Richard Sizer. Aldershot, England: Gower Publishing Co. Ltd. 1982. Pp. viii, 104. $35.5o. According to the authors, there is currently a disturbing dearth of resource material to aid judges and lawyers in understanding, evaluating, and using computer-produced evidence. In an effort to remedy this situation, Kelman and Sizer provide con- structive criticism of the interface between the computer industry and the judicial system. Through the use of an imaginary court case, they explain computer technology and its relation to the British law of evidence. The book is designed for use by any legal professional, regardless of previous knowledge of computer technology. MANSLAUGHTER. By Steven Englund. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1983. Pp. viii, 419. $17.95. On March 25, 1977, Jennifer Patri deliberately killed her estranged husband. Soon afterward she confessed. In a trial that received national atten- tion, Patri's attorney, Alan Eisenberg, gained Patri a conviction on a lesser charge by successfully portraying her as a woman who had for years lived in fear of her husband's brutality before finally striking back. Feminist groups and hundreds of others rallied to the cause of this quintessential victim of the battered wife syndrome. Patri re- ceived a ten-year sentence and today is free on parole. Englund, intrigued by the case and originally sympathetic to the defendant, undertook an exhaustive investigation, which he chronicles in his book. Englund concludes that Eisenberg and Patri successfully ma- nipulated the criminal justice system and the public into believing what may have been largely a fabrication. Englund's book is more than an account of a notorious killing; it is a tale about small-town criminal justice in America, a sad and complex story about ordinary people acting like ordinary people - under pressure.