according to the law professor and former U.S. Justice Department official Jack Goldsmith, Shawcross "provides a deeply sympathetic account of how" the Bush administration resolved "difficult choices and trade-offs in deciding how to bring justice to the perpetrators of 9/11."The Economists review of Justice and the Enemy found the book lacked "original research on al-Qaeda", its Nuremberg comparisons unhelpful, and its author "keener to score points against all those who roundly condemn President George Bush's strategy" than to draw useful conclusions. The Independent described it as a "shameless justification of the policies of the Bush administration" in which "justice is a surreal concept totally subordinate to the "security" of the US". Private life and honours In 1970, he married the writer and art critic Marina Warner, and their son born in 1977, Conrad, is an artist. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Shawcross married Michal Levin in 1981. Their daughter, Eleanor, was born in 1983. Eleanor Shawcross was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to George Osborne from 2008 and served for 6 years as his deputy chief of staff when Osborne became Chancellor of the Exchequer. She had previously worked on Boris Johnson's mayoral campaign. After 2016, she served as chief of staff at the Department of Work and Pensions and was subsequently made a non-executive director. She advised Rishi Sunak while during his time as Chancellor, donating £20,000 to his leadership campaign. Sunak appointed her the director of the Number 10 Policy Unit when he became prime minister in October 2022. Eleanor is married to Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, who is the son of David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, the current and former, respectively chairmen of Next. Her husband is, and her late father-in-law was, a Conservative life peer. Shawcross married his third wife, Olga Polizzi, in 1993. They live in a Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion called Friston Place, at East Dean, in East Sussex. Alex Polizzi, the hotelier and television presenter is his stepdaughter. Shawcross was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2011 New Year Honours. He has lifelong ties to Cornwall where he is a keen campaigner in the preservation and protection of local Conservation Areas. His campaign succeeded in obtaining Grade II listing for St Mawes's historic and endangered sea wall. In 2009, Shawcross signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for