Law bestsellers

The Declaration of Independence

By: Peter Roop
Narrated by: Pat Grimes
Length: 57 minutes

Many kids have heard of the Declaration of Independence, but few know the story behind the people and events that helped forge it. They may know about Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, but do they know the roles that Patrick Henry and Thomas Gage played in setting fire to a revolution? This is the story of how the men and women of thirteen... Read more

Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

By: Bryan Stevenson
Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice... Read more

The End of Policing

By: Alex S. Vitale
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in... Read more

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

By: Joel F. Harrington
Narrated by: Jame Gillies
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and thinking of Meister Frantz Schmidt of Nuremberg, who, during forty-five years as a professional executioner, personally put to death 394 individuals and... Read more

Devil in the Grove

Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

By: Gilbert King
Narrated by: Peter Francis James
Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” — Thomas Friedman, New York TimesArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to... Read more

No More Police

A Case for Abolition

By: Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie
Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes

A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers



In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and explore... Read more

Reading the Constitution

Why I Chose Pragmatism, not Textualism

By: Stephen Breyer
Narrated by: Stephen Breyer
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

New York Times Bestseller

In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution.

“You will not read a more important legal work this election year.” —Bob... Read more

Worse Than Nothing

The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism

By: Erwin Chemerinsky
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Why originalism is a flawed, incoherent, and dangerously ideological method of constitutional interpretation



Originalism, the view that the meaning of a constitutional provision is fixed when it is adopted, was once the fringe theory of a few extremely conservative legal scholars but is now a well-accepted mode of constitutional interpretation.... Read more

A People's History of the Supreme Court

The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution

By: Peter Irons
Narrated by: David Drummond
Length: 28 hours 31 minutes

A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court



Recent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs, making this comprehensive and engaging work as timely as ever. In the tradition of Howard Zinn's... Read more

Punishment Without Crime

How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal

By: Alexandra Natapoff
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals.

Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff... Read more

Fair Shake

Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy

By: Naomi Cahn, June Carbone & Nancy Levit
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

A stirring, comprehensive look at the state of women in the workforce—why women’s progress has stalled, how our economy fosters unproductive competition, and how we can fix the system that holds women back.

In an era of supposed great equality, women are still falling behind in the workplace. Even with more women in the workforce than in decades... Read more

Information Technology Law

The Law and Society 4th Edition

By: Andrew Murray
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 41 hours 42 minutes

Information Technology Law is the ideal companion for a course of study on IT law and the ways in which it is evolving in response to rapid technological and social change.



The fourth edition of this groundbreaking textbook develops its unique examination of the legal processes and their relationship to the modern "information society." Charting... Read more

We See It All

Liberty and Justice in an Age of Perpetual Surveillance

By: Jon Fasman
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

This investigation into the legal, political, and moral issues surrounding how the police and justice system use surveillance technology asks the question: what are citizens of a free country willing to tolerate in the name of public safety? The police now have unparalleled power at their fingertips: surveillance technology. Seamless,... Read more

51 Imperfect Solutions

States and the Making of American Constitutional Law

By: Jeffrey S. Sutton
Narrated by: David Drummond
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

When we think of constitutional law, we invariably think of the United States Supreme Court and the federal court system. Yet much of our constitutional law is not made at the federal level. In 51 Imperfect Solutions, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton argues that American Constitutional Law should account for the role of the state... Read more

The Most Powerful Court in the World

A History of the Supreme Court of the United States

By: Stuart Banner
Narrated by: Graham Winton
Length: 25 hours 30 minutes

Will abortion be legal? Should people of the same sex be allowed to marry? May colleges prefer black applicants over white ones? These are among the most bitterly contested issues in the United States today. We answer these questions, and many more, by presenting them to nine lawyers—the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. No... Read more

Digital Empires

The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

By: Anu Bradford
Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
Length: 21 hours 58 minutes

The global battle among the three dominant digital powers—the United States, China, and the European Union—is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires, her... Read more

The Articulate Advocate

Persuasive Skills for Lawyers in Trials, Appeals, Arbitrations, and Motions

By: Brian K. Johnson & Marsha Hunter
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

An advocate may know what to say but is only effective when he or she knows how to be persuasive. Combining facts with know-how to persuade judges, juries, and arbitrators, the book teaches immediately useful techniques such as how to channel the initial adrenaline buzz, grab and hold the fact finder’s attention, gesture while speaking, speak in... Read more

Saving the News

Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech

By: Martha Minow
Narrated by: Eliza Foss
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

In Saving the News, Martha Minow takes stock of the new media landscape. As Minow shows, the First Amendment of the US Constitution assumes the existence and durability of a private industry. Although the First Amendment does not govern the conduct of entirely private enterprises, nothing in the Constitution forecloses government action to... Read more

Forensics For Dummies

2nd Edition

By: D.P. Lyle, MD
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Understand the real-life science behind crime scene investigation



Forensics For Dummies takes you inside the world of crime scene investigation to give you the low down on this exciting field. Written by a doctor and former Law & Order consultant, this guide will have you solving crimes along with your favorite TV shows in no time. From... Read more

Spy Watching

Intelligence Accountability in the United States

By: Loch K. Johnson
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
Length: 31 hours 12 minutes

All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments. Democracies pride themselves on privacy and liberty, but intelligence organizations have secret budgets, gather information surreptitiously around the world, and plan covert action against foreign regimes.... Read more

Industry of Anonymity

Inside the Business of Cybercrime

By: Jonathan Lusthaus
Narrated by: David Stifel
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

The most extensive account yet of the lives of cybercriminals and the vast international industry they have created, deeply sourced and based on field research in the world’s technology-crime hotspotsCybercrime seems invisible. Attacks arrive out of nowhere, their origins hidden by layers of sophisticated technology. Only the victims are clear.... Read more

Copyright

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: Neil Weinstock Netanel
Narrated by: Steve Menasche
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Copyright law was once an esoteric backwater, the special province of professional authors, publishers, and media companies. This is no longer the case. In the age of social media and cloud storage, we have become a copying and sharing culture. Much of our everyday communication, work, and entertainment now directly involves copyright... Read more

NEGOTIATION SKILLS : How to Influence People with Persuasion and Manipulation Techniques Learn how to Analyze People

By: Michael Branson
Narrated by: dms
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

If You Want To Master Persuasion And Mind Control… Read On!
What if you could build your dream career with effortless ease?What if you never had to argue with your partner because they’d always agree with you?What if you could make anyone trust you and accept your point of view?Being persuasive often feels like a superpower only given to the... Read more

Taking Back the Constitution

Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

By: Mark Tushnet
Narrated by: Peter Lerman
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

How the Supreme Court's move to the right has distorted both logic and the Constitution



The Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings, and social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into Supreme Court justices' impressions of how they think a case should... Read more

The Measure of Madness

Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind

By: Cheryl Paradis
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 9 hours 1 minute

At the heart of countless crimes lie the mysteries of the human mind. In this eye-opening book, Dr. Cheryl Paradis draws back the curtain on the fascinating world of forensic psychology, and revisits the most notorious and puzzling cases she has handled in her multifaceted career.



Her riveting, sometimes shocking stories reveal the crucial and... Read more

Crime Scene Investigation: Philosophy, Practice, and Science Part 1

By: Robert C. Shaler
Narrated by: Robert C. Shaler
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

The director of the Forensic Science Program at Pennsylvania State University, Professor Robert C. Shaler leads a comprehensive study of the intricacies of an intriguing, and always topical, science. In these lectures, Shaler imparts a clear understanding of crime scene investigation, from archiving the scene to the presentation of evidence in... Read more

We Were Once a Family

A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian
Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2023

"Narrator Suehyla El-Attar gives an impassioned performance that enhances the touching, terrifying tale of social injustice and systemic failure. Her delivery is compelling and clear, evoking a captivating listening experience from this true-crime tragedy."- Library Journal

The shocking, deeply... Read more

Dopesick

Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

By: Beth Macy
Narrated by: Beth Macy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“A heartfelt narrative filled personal anecdotes and horrifying statistics, Macy gives the reader an encompassing view of the opioid epidemic. Macy is a terrific writer and her reading of the book for audio conveys the sense of devastation for the addicts and their families. Read more

Nine Black Robes

Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences

By: Joan Biskupic
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

New York Times Editor's Choice""Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group narrative that combines close accounts of the court's public business in the Trump years with a history... Read more

Lady Killers

Deadly Women Throughout History

By: Tori Telfer
Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie... Read more

The Whiteness of Wealth

How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

By: Dorothy A. Brown
Narrated by: Karen Murray
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND FORTUNE • “Important reading for those who want to understand how inequality is built into the bedrock of American society, and what a more equitable future might look like.”—Ibram X.... Read more

The Monster of Florence

By: Douglas Preston
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history.
In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move... Read more

Lady Justice

Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

By: Dahlia Lithwick
Narrated by: Dahlia Lithwick
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Current Interest

An instant New York Times Bestseller!

“Stirring . . . Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.” —New York Times Book Review

“In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice, Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story... Read more

The Invention of Murder

How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

By: Judith Flanders
Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
Length: 19 hours 57 minutes

In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction.



Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings... Read more

Who Owns England?

How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

By: Guy Shrubsole
Narrated by: Malk Williams
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane Who owns England? Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how... Read more

The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

By: Mehrsa Baradaran
Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Length: 15 hours 10 minutes

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States’ total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.



The... Read more

The Rights of Nature

A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World

By: David R. Boyd
Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building—in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to... Read more

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

A True Story of Injustice in the American South

By: Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington
Narrated by: Robert Fass
Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

“What does a small-town dentist, an unqualified medical examiner and the Mississippi criminal justice system have in common? They’re a part of a good ole boy network obsessed with mass incarceration and the death penalty, rampant racism and corrupt court judges consumed with closing cases at any cost. Not to mention the wrongly convicted men... Read more

Into the Bright Sunshine

Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights

Pivotal Moments in American History

By: Samuel G. Freedman
Narrated by: Mike Lenz
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president—the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate—but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil... Read more

Presumed Guilty

How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights

By: Erwin Chemerinsky
Narrated by: Perry Daniels
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Library Journal ● "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021"



Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty.



Presumed Guilty, like the bestselling The Color of Law, is a "smoking gun" of civil rights research, a troubling history... Read more

Social Security Disability Revealed

Why it's so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it

By: Spencer Bishins
Narrated by: Spencer Bishins
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

A former Social Security Administration (SSA) attorney goes behind the scenes to show you why it’s so difficult to win a Social Security Disability case. Working as an Attorney Advisor for over 10 years, the author drafted and reviewed thousands of disability decisions. During this time, he learned why the system is stacked against the claimant... Read more

Becoming Abolitionists

Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom

By: Derecka Purnell
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

For more than a century, activists in the United States have tried to reform the police. From community policing initiatives to increasing diversity, none of it has stopped the police from killing about three people a day.Millions of people continue to protest police violence because these “solutions” do not match the problem: the police cannot... Read more

Ratification

The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

By: Pauline Maier
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 23 hours 5 minutes

When the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adjourned late in the summer of 1787, the delegates returned to their states to report on the new Constitution, which had to be ratified by specially elected conventions in at least nine states. Pauline Maier recounts the dramatic events of the ensuing debate in homes, taverns, and convention... Read more

Property and Casualty Insurance

Transform Your Property & Casualty Insurance Study with Engaging Audio Lessons!

By: Graham Renfield
Narrated by: Nick Porter
Length: 2 hours 1 minute

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Are you looking to advance in your career and solidify your knowledge by successfully passing the Property and Casualty Insurance License Exam?
Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all necessary elements to pass the Property and Casualty Insurance... Read more

Constitutional Clarity

A Simple Guide to Constitutional Law

By: Thomas T. Taylor
Narrated by: Jack Pemberton
Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Unlock the Secrets of the Constitution
Ever felt overwhelmed or confused by the intricacies of the U.S. Constitution? You're not alone. The foundation of American governance, the Constitution can often seem complex and inaccessible. But what if there was a guide that made it all simple?
Dive into Constitutional Clarity: A Simple Guide to... Read more

The Other Dr. Gilmer

Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

By: Benjamin Gilmer
Narrated by: Benjamin Gilmer
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

“Fear, bewilderment, disbelief, appall, outrage, despair - I experienced all of these emotions and more as I followed Dr. Gilmer on his quest to understand how his predecessor at the Appalachian health clinic came to be a convicted murderer. What Benjamin Gilmer did not expect was to expose the abysmal, and arguably criminal, failings of the... Read more

Prison by Any Other Name

The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms

By: Maya Schenwar & Victoria Law
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment... Read more

Offshore

Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism

By: Brooke Harrington
Narrated by: Jennifer Walden
Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? The ultra-rich seem to live in a different world from the rest of us. That world is called offshore. Hidden from view, the world's ultra-rich can use offshore finance to escape tax obligations, labor and environmental safety regulations, campaign finance rules, and other... Read more

Mine!

How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

By: Michael A. Heller & James Salzman
Narrated by: René Ruiz
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn, and by the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether we are buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you, reclining, or the squished laptop user behind you? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock off a recipe or a dress... Read more

The Originalism Trap

How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back

By: Madiba K. Dennie
Narrated by: Madiba K. Dennie
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it

“The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was convincing the world that originalism exists. This book is vital for... Read more