Books

• A Handbook of Federal Habeas Corpus

• Language and Litigation

• Federal Habeas Corpus

• The Puzzle of Equality

• Justice After Darwin

• A Short Guide to Aix-en-Provence

• A Short Guide to Arles

• A Young Person’s Guide to Law and Justice (2024)

Citations

Mr. Sokol’s works have been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and by federal and state courts throughout the United States.

Articles

• What to do when you’re being sued, The Spectator 31 May 2024

• French Enforcement of the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, Tulane Journal of International & Comparative Law (Summer, 2003)

• The Political Trial: Courtroom as Stage, History as Critic, 2 New Literary History 495 (1971)

• Termination of French Labor Contracts, 14 International Lawyer 267 (1980)

• Law-Making Process, The Legal System of France in Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia (1990)

• Reforming the French Legal Profession, 26 International Lawyer 1025 (1992)

• Freedom of Expression in France: The Mitterrand-Dr. Gubler Affair, 7 Tulane Journal of International & Comparative Law, 5 (Spring, 1999)

• Le Danger d’Interdiction de Séjour aux Etats-Unis, Gazette du Palais, 11-12 août 1999, p. 2

ARCHIVES

2 January 2025 - Buying property in France: Two key steps (Connexion)

25 October 2022 - Renouncing US citizenship Connexion 25 October 2022 (Connexion)

22 December 2022 - cité dans l'article More apply to lose US citizenship (Connexion)

8 October - Air France and Taft-Hartley (INYT)

26 March – When Justice Can’t Be Done (NYT, IHT)

2 September - Antigone in Damascus (NYT, IHT)

28 December – The Flight from French Taxes (NYT, IHT)
15 January – Guilt by Birth (International Herald Tribune)

15 July – Veiled Arguments (NYT)

29 September – Can the US Assassinate an American citizen living in Yemen? (CSM)

31 March – Who is free from public comment? (Christian Science Monitor)

29 May – The wisdom of Solomon (International Herald Tribune)

21 July – Why France can’t see past the burqa (Christian Science Monitor)

03 March – The curious case of chastity fraud (Christian Science Monitor)

17 April – Supreme Court’s bench has never been less diverse (Christian Science Monitor)

02 July – My burqa is none of your business (International Herald Tribune)

29 July – A day of reckoning for Bush’s ‘torture’ lawyers

03 October – The Polanski Case (International Herald Tribune)

20 January – Is it a crime or just idiocy? (International Herald Tribune)

22 March – Essay: The right to die (International Herald Tribune)

14 September – Variations on the theme of privacy (International Herald Tribune)

12 October – The right to a job (International Herald Tribune)

30 November – Was the death of Mama Cat murder most foul? (International Herald Tribune)

21 January – Should hateful speech be punished? (International Herald Tribune)

10 February – Why don’t we just lop off their heads (International Herald Tribune)

09 March – Reporters’ Privilege and the Supreme Court (International Herald Tribune)

23 August – Can citizenship be abolished? (NYT - IHT)

06 September – What makes a great justice? (NYT - IHT)

23 November – The French riots: A higher calling for the courts (NYT - IHT)

30 November – Saddam in the dock (NYT - IHT)

29 May – The silence of the healers at Abu Ghraib (International Herald Tribune)

16 July – System vs. Individual: Justice emigrates to Europe (International Herald Tribune)

13 August – Falling into a black hole of diplomatic immunity (International Herald Tribune)

10 March – Do we really need lawyers? (International Herald Tribune)

03 June – The kindness of strangers (International Herald Tribune)

19 August – The shameful demise of due process (International Herald Tribune)

October – Buying a Secondary Residence in France (Association of Americans Resident Overseas)

15 December – Protecting Children (International Herald Tribune)