Law audiobooks

Law of the Jungle

By: Paul M. Barrett

Narrated by: Joe Ochman

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The gripping story of one American lawyer’s obsessive crusade—waged at any cost—against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest.

Steven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action lawsuit against multinational Texaco (which later merged with... Read more

Inside the Criminal Mind (Newly Revised Edition)

By: Stanton Samenow

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 14 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant, no-nonsense profile of the criminal mind, newly updated in 2022 to include the latest research, effective methods for dealing with hardened criminals, and an urgent call to rethink criminal justice from expert witness Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D.
 
“Utterly compelling reading, full of raw insight into the dark mind of the criminal.”—John... Read more

The Majesty of the Law

By: Sandra Day O'Connor

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Shows us why Sandra Day O’Connor is so compelling as a human being and so vital as a public thinker.”—Michael Beschloss

In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution.... Read more

The Innocent Man

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Craig Wasson

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES • “Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly

John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone... Read more

Taking the Stand

By: Alan Dershowitz

Narrated by: Ella Dershowitz & Alan Dershowitz

Length: 21 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dershowitz recounts his extraordinary coming of age in this legal autobiography, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past fifty years, most of which he has personally been involved in.

“Overflowing with fascinating and funny vignettes involving his cases and clients, and... Read more

America's Bitter Pill

By: Steven Brill

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A tour de force . . . a comprehensive and suitably furious guide to the political landscape of American healthcare . . . persuasive, shocking.”—The New York Times 

America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is... Read more

Showdown

By: Wil Haygood

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional impact of his inspiring best seller The Butler... Read more

Forensics

By: Val McDermid

Narrated by: Sarah Barron

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of listeners worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels, McDermid has become familiar with ever branch of forensics, and now she... Read more

Active Liberty

By: Justice Stephen Breyer

Narrated by: Justice Stephen Breyer

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A highly respected associate justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1994, Stephen Breyer delivers a lucid and persuasive declaration that "active liberty"-the participation of American citizens in the process of government-should be a guiding principle of our nation. In this exceedingly polarized time, with the high court facing some... Read more

Making Our Democracy Work

By: Justice Stephen Breyer

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivers an impassioned argument for the proper role of America's highest judicial body. Examining historic and contemporary decisions by the Court, Breyer highlights the rulings that have bolstered public confidence as well as the missteps that have triggered distrust. What emerges is a unique... Read more

Dissent and the Supreme Court

By: Melvin I. Urofsky

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 19 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From the admired judicial authority, author of Louis D. Brandeis (“Remarkable”—Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books; “Monumental”—Alan M. Dershowitz, The New York Times Book Review), Division and Discord, and Supreme Decisions—Melvin Urofsky’s major new book looks at the role of dissent in the Supreme Court and the meaning of the... Read more

Imbeciles

By: Adam Cohen

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 13 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction

One of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of “undesirable” citizens the law of the land
 
In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of... Read more

Dark Territory

By: Fred Kaplan

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers join the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Slate columnist and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Fred Kaplan.Kaplan probes the inner corridors of the... Read more

Negotiator

By: Philip J. Bigger

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The first and only biography of intrepid attorney James B. Donovan, who was recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to broker near-impossible negotiations—now the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Cold War film, Bridge of SpiesCharming, bold, and good-humored, James Donovan was a larger-than-life figure who led a fascinating and magnificently varied... Read more

The Great Escape

By: Angus Deaton

Narrated by: Matthew Brenher

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton—one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty—tells the remarkable story of how, beginning... Read more

The Wilmington Ten

By: Kenneth Robert Janken

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In February 1971 racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The turmoil resulted in two deaths, six injuries, more than $500,000 in damage, and the firebombing of a white-owned store, before the National Guard... Read more

“I Am a Man”

By: Joe Starita

Narrated by: Armando Durán

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1877, Chief Standing Bear’s Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to Oklahoma—known then as Indian Territory—in what became the tribe’s own Trail of Tears. “I Am a Man” chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their... Read more

Jane Doe January

By: Emily Winslow

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Alice Sebold’s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims.On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force broke down the door of Arthur Fryar’s apartment in Brooklyn. His DNA, entered in the FBI’s criminal database... Read more

Executing Grace

By: Shane Claiborne

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In this reasoned exploration of justice, retribution, and redemption, the champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the bestselling The Irresistible Revolution offers a powerful and persuasive appeal for the abolition of the death penalty.The Bible says an eye for an eye. But is the state’s taking of a life true—or... Read more

The Idealist

By: Justin Peters

Narrated by: Corey Brill

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This smart, “riveting” (Los Angeles Times) history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society—and the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Commons—written by Slate correspondent Justin Peters “captures Swartz flawlessly” (The New York Times Book Review).

Aaron Swartz... Read more

The Long Prison Journey of Leslie van Houten

By: Karlene Faith

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age off twenty-one, Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to death, along with Charles Manson and his other disciples, for the infamous murder rampage spanning two nights in August 1969. Leslie, who was present at the Rosemary and Leno LaBianca stabbings, serenely accepted her sentence, wishing only that she had better served Manson in carrying... Read more

Believers, Thinkers, and Founders

By: Kevin Seamus Hasson

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In Believers, Thinkers, and Founders: How We Came to Be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson — founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty — offers a refreshing resolution to a familiar conundrum: If there is real religious freedom in America, how is it that our government keeps invoking God? He’s everywhere —... Read more

Corruption in America

By: Zephyr Teachout

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

For two centuries, the Framers' ideas about political corruption flourished in the courts, even in the absence of clear rules governing voters, civil officers, and elected officials. In the 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court began to narrow the definition of corruption, and the meaning has since changed dramatically. No case makes that clearer than... Read more

A Delusion of Satan

By: Frances Hill

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

During the bleak winter of 1692 in the rigid Puritan community of Salem Village, Massachusetts, a group of young girls began experiencing violent fits, allegedly tormented by Satan and the witches who worshipped him. From the girls' initial denouncing of an Indian slave, the accusations soon multiplied. In less than two years, nineteen men and... Read more