Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. Hardcover first edition - New Alfred A. Knopf,, 1974.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. A study of four judges - all complex men, ethical and thoughtful -two liberal, two conservative - which reveals how unconscious biases are so pervasive in the US "justice" system, resulting in a broad and arbitrary disparity in the sentences given to those convicted of crime.. Notes, index. xvii, 244, vi.