Professor Emeritus Melvin Eisenberg’s new book, Legal Reasoning, has just been published by the Cambridge University Press. The book explains and analyzes the modes of reasoning used by courts in making and applying common law rules. New York University Law Professor Jeremy Waldron calls the book “an illuminating overview of the common law” that’s “beautifully structured, briskly argued, and gracefully illustrated with dozens of cases.” It’s the latest in an astounding series of books and articles by Eisenberg, who joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 1966. His legal service stretches back over more than half a century, including stints as an assistant counsel for the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and assistant corporations counsel of New York City.