Law audiobooks

The Affirmative Action Puzzle

By: Melvin I. Urofsky

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 21 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today’s tumultuous times
 
From acclaimed legal historian, author of a biography of Louis Brandeis (“Remarkable” —Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, “Definitive”—Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic) and Dissent and the Supreme Court... Read more

How Wealth Rules the World

By: Ben G. Price

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Ben Price reveals that our Constitution and legal system were intentionally designed to give more rights to the wealthy propertied class than the rest of us and exposes how this hamstrings our ability to effectively address a host of pressing social and environmental problems—and what we can do about it.

Many of today's most serious... Read more

Illegal

By: Elizabeth F. Cohen

Narrated by: Ginger White

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A political scientist explains how the American immigration system ran off the rails -- and proposes a bold plan for reform

Under the Trump administration, US immigration agencies terrorize the undocumented, target people who are here legally, and even threaten the constitutional rights of American citizens. How did we get to this point?

In... Read more

E Pluribus Unum

By: William E. Nelson

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From their inception, the colonies exercised a range of approaches to the law. While New England based its legal system around the word of God, Maryland followed the common law tradition, and New York adhered to Dutch law. Over time, though, the British crown standardized legal procedure to more uniformly and efficiently exert control over the... Read more

Ten Judgements that Changed India

By: Zia Mody

Narrated by: Beneifer Mirza

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This book presents a compilation of 10 essays on some of the most influential judgments’ that were passed by the Supreme Court of India and proved to be life-altering for the common man and the democracy of the nation.

These judgments by the Indian Judiciary proved that the nation’s legal system is not as irresolute as often cited. The author... Read more

Surviving Parental Alienation

By: Amy J.L. Baker, PhD & Paul R. Fine, LCSW

Narrated by: Madeleine Dauer

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Half of all marriages end, and, when they do, most parents hope to achieve a "good divorce" in which they can amicably raise their children with their former spouse. Unfortunately, about 20% of divorces are high-conflict, involving frequent visits to court, allegations of abuse, and chronic disagreements regarding parenting schedules.



In... Read more

Supreme Inequality

By: Adam Cohen

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“With Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen has built, brick by brick, an airtight case against the Supreme Court of the last half-century...Cohen’s book is a closing statement in the case against an institution tasked with protecting the vulnerable, which has emboldened the rich and powerful instead.” —Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate

A revelatory... Read more

The Cult of the Constitution

By: Mary Anne Franks

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism.



Constitutional fundamentalists read the Constitution selectively and self-servingly. Fundamentalist interpretations of the Constitution elevate certain constitutional rights above all others,... Read more

Justice on Trial

By: Mollie Hemingway & Carrie Severino

Narrated by: Mollie Hemingway & Carrie Severino

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Justice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito to the White House to inform President Donald Trump that he was retiring, setting in motion a political process that his successor, Brett Kavanaugh, would denounce three months later as a "national disgrace" and a "circus."

Justice on Trial,... Read more

The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

By: Thom Hartmann

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the real history of guns in America and what we can do to limit both their lethal impact and the power of the gun lobby.

Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann examines the brutal role guns have... Read more

Until We Reckon

By: Danielle Sered

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the eloquent tradition of Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy, an award-winning leader in the movement to end mass incarceration takes on the vexing problem of violent crime.



Although over half the people incarcerated in America today have committed violent offenses, the focus of reformers has been almost entirely on nonviolent and drug offenses.... Read more

Exposure

By: Robert Bilott

Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in history—affecting virtually every person on the... Read more

Cobalt Cover-Up

By: Lance Cooper

Narrated by: Van Tracy

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Following a deadly car crash, small-town lawyer Lance Cooper risked everything to battle one of the most powerful auto corporations in the world to get justice for a young woman. A fast-paced, journalistic account of tragedy turned to triumph, despair to hope, Cobalt Cover-Up is an inspirational, thoroughly compelling, and victorious... Read more

Death in Mud Lick

By: Eric Eyre

Narrated by: Michael David Axtell

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Critics’ Top Ten Book of the Year * 2021 Edgar Award Winner Best Fact Crime * A Lit Hub Best Book of The Year

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at the Charleston Gazette-Mail, a “powerful,” (The New York Times) urgent, and heartbreaking account of the corporate greed that pumped millions of pain pills into... Read more

Demystifying Shariah

By: Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Narrated by: Samara Naeymi

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A direct counterpoint to fear mongering headlines about shariah law—a Muslim American legal expert tells the real story, eliminating stereotypes and assumptions with compassion, irony, and humor

Through scare tactics and deliberate misinformation campaigns, anti-Muslim propagandists insist wrongly that shariah is a draconian and oppressive... Read more

Estate & Trust Administration For Dummies

By: Kathryn A. Murphy & Margaret A. Munro

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 18 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Your plain-English guide to administering an estate and/or trust.



As more and more of the population reach senior ages—including baby boomers, many of whom do not have wills—an increasing number of people are being thrust into the role of executor, administrator, personal representative of an estate, or trustee of a trust after the death of a... Read more

When Should Law Forgive?

By: Martha Minow

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The potential power of forgiveness in an age of resentment.



Crimes and violations of the law require punishment, and our legal system is set up to punish, but what if the system was recalibrated to also weigh grounds for forgiveness? What if something like bankruptcy—a fresh start for debtors—were available to people convicted of crimes? Martha... Read more

The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates

By: Ralph Ketcham

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America.



Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people?



Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into... Read more

Separated

By: William D. Lopez

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

On a Thursday in November of 2013, Guadalupe Morales waited anxiously with her sister-in-law and their four small children. Every Latino man who drove away from their shared apartment above a small auto repair shop that day had failed to return—arrested, one by one, by ICE agents and local police. As the two women discussed what to do next, a... Read more

Family Trusts

By: Hartley Goldstone, James E. Hughes, Jr. & Keith...

Narrated by: Tim Paige

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Family Trusts is a step-by-step guide for anyone involved in family trusts: trust creators, trustees, beneficiaries, and advisors. It will help families create and administer a culture that recognizes trusts as a gift of love.



Marrying the practical and emotional aspects of family wealth, this book provides a hands-on primer that focuses on... Read more

A Knock at Midnight

By: Brittany K. Barnett

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • A “powerful and devastating” (The Washington Post) call to free those buried alive by America’s legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity—from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system.

“An essential... Read more

Migrating to Prison

By: César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

For most of America's history, we simply did not lock people up for migrating here. Yet over the last thirty years, the federal and state governments have increasingly tapped their powers to incarcerate people accused of violating immigration laws. As a result, almost 400,000 people annually now spend some time locked up pending the result of a... Read more

Hunting Whitey

By: Casey Sherman & Dave Wedge

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on exclusive, fresh reporting, the thrilling, definitive inside story of the pursuit, capture, and killing of legendary South Boston mob boss, James ""Whitey"" Bulger, detailing as never before his years on the run, how he evaded capture, and his brutal murder in prison.For the first time, Boston reporters Casey Sherman and David Wedge... Read more

Lies the Government Told You

By: Andrew P. Napolitano

Narrated by: Andrew Napolitano

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

YOUÆVE BEEN LIED TO BY THE GOVERNMENTWe shrug off this fact as an unfortunate reality. America is the land of the free, after all. Does it really matter whether our politicians bend the truth here and there?When the truth is traded for lies, our freedoms are diminished and donÆt return.In Lies the Government Told You, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano... Read more