Law audiobooks

To Catch a Predator

By: Chris Hansen

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Over 40 million Americans have seen Dateline NBC's ongoing "To Catch a Predator" series, with an average of 11 million viewers per episode. So far, the Dateline series has led to the arrest of over 200 men and has shown that child predators can be anyone—even those who are the most trusted in the community, including rabbis and teachers.



In his... Read more

Sometimes Brilliant

By: Larry Brilliant

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when... Read more

Illusion of Justice

By: Jerome F. Buting

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Interweaving an insider’s account of the true crime saga driving Netflix sensation Making a Murderer with other controversial cases from his career, this powerful memoir from Steven Avery’s defense attorney reveals the flaws in America's criminal justice system and puts forth a provocative, persuasive call for reform.Not since The Thin Blue Line... Read more

The Brain Defense

By: Kevin Davis

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Called “the best kind of nonfiction” by Michael Connelly, this riveting new book combines true crime, brain science, and courtroom drama.

In 1991, the police were called to East 72nd St. in Manhattan, where a woman's body had fallen from a twelfth-story window. The woman’s husband, Herbert Weinstein, soon confessed to having hit and strangled his... Read more

The Devil’s Defender

By: John Henry Browne

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of bestselling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey, Gerry Spence, and Alan Dershowitz, John Henry Browne’s The Devil’s Defender recounts his tortuous education in what it means to be an advocate—and a human being.For the last four decades, Browne has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero the “Barefoot... Read more

John Lennon vs. the USA

By: Leon Wildes

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

At a time when the hottest issue in US immigration law is the proposed action by President Obama to protect from deportation as many as five million illegals in the United States, the John Lennon case takes on special relevance, notwithstanding the passage of forty years since he was placed in deportation proceedings. This is John and Yoko’s... Read more

The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution

By: Ganesh Sitaraman

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this original, provocative contribution to the debate over economic inequality, Ganesh Sitaraman argues that a strong and sizable middle class is a prerequisite for America’s constitutional system.

A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
 
For most of Western history, Sitaraman argues, constitutional thinkers assumed economic inequality was... Read more

Injustices

By: Ian Millhiser

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its inception, the justices of the Supreme Court have shaped a nation where children toiled in coal mines, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where a woman could be sterilized against... Read more

The Injustice System

By: Clive Stafford Smith

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A man accused of a murder he didn't commit languishes on death row. A crusading lawyer is determined to free him. This powerful book reads like a compelling legal thriller with one crucial difference: Justice is not served in the end.

In 1986, Kris Maharaj was arrested in Miami for the murder of his ex-business partner. A witness swore he saw him... Read more

Blood Feud

By: Kathleen Sharp

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Blood-boosting Procrit is Johnson & Johnson's biotech superstar. Behind its various brand names, it ranks as Medicare's most reimbursed drug. But Procrit performs frighteningly well, and can stimulate so many blood cells that thousands of patients die in unexplained and painful ways. And that's not all: Cancer patients, who often receive... Read more

The Mob and Me

By: John Partington & Arlene Violet

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

When U.S. Marshal John Partington suddenly found himself protecting the family of renowned mobster Joe "The Animal" Barboza, he made up the rules as he went along. Among Partington's diverse activities: managing a rotating crew of U.S. Marshals; chasing the family cat; convincing Barboza's wife not to leave; keeping the witness, his wife, and... Read more

A Captain's Duty

By: Richard Phillips & Stephan Talty

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans." —President Barack Obama



It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a United States–flagged cargo ship that was carrying, among... Read more

It's Not About the Truth

By: Mike Pressler & Don Yaeger

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Pressler walked into the bottom-floor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team. Forty-six players sat in theater-style chairs, all eyes riveted forward.



It was 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. The program's... Read more

Measuring America

By: Andro Linklater

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"This expertly written and eminently enjoyable chronicle is highly recommended for history and history of science collections." —Library Journal



"Make room on the library shelf for the never-before-told saga of the survey that converted the vast wilderness west of the Ohio River into a commodity marked out for government sale." —Booklist,... Read more

Wolf Boys

By: Dan Slater

Narrated by: Pete Simonelli

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The tale of two American teenagers recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and the Mexican American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unstoppable. “A hell of a story…undeniably gripping.” (The New York Times)

In this astonishing story, journalist Dan Slater recounts the unforgettable odyssey of Gabriel Cardona. At first glance,... Read more

The World’s Most Dangerous Geek: And More True Hacking Stories

By: David Kushner

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Every day, it seems, we hear stories about hackers. Hackers breaking into the computers of banks, governments, and corporations. Some are criminals, coding to exploit and destroy. Others are activists, using their tools to challenge institutions and fight for freedom. But often these characters linger in the shadows. Who are they? What makes... Read more

The Bureau

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 17 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bureau takes listeners behind the scenes of the FBI, from its creation in 1908 to the scandals of present day. Based on exclusive interviews, Kessler reveals the inside story surrounding the events of September 11 and the investigation into the anthrax mailings. The Bureau delves deep within the agency, presenting the organization in its... Read more

The Case of Abraham Lincoln

By: Julie M. Fenster

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1856, Abraham Lincoln was at a difficult point, personally. Depressed, edgy, and often despondent, he had grown bored with his work as a lawyer. He saw himself as a former congressman with little future in politics. Then in May of 1856, he became drawn to the case of the gruesome murder of a blacksmith named George Anderson. Lincoln was asked... Read more

The Challenge

By: Jonathan Mahler

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In November 2001, a thirty-one-year-old Yemeni man named Salim Ahmed Hamdan was captured near the Pakistan border and turned over to US forces in Afghanistan. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden’s driver, Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay and designated for trial before a special military tribunal.The Pentagon assigned a young... Read more

The End of Ownership

By: Aaron Perzanowski & Jason Schultz

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

If you buy a book at the bookstore, you own it. You can take it home, scribble in the margins, put in on the shelf, lend it to a friend, or sell it at a garage sale. But is the same thing true for the e-books or other digital goods you buy? Retailers and copyright holders argue that you don’t own those purchases, you merely license them. That... Read more

I Can't Breathe

By: Matt Taibbi

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police—from the bestselling author of The Divide

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died on a Staten... Read more

Philosophy and the Law

By: Stephen Mathis

Narrated by: Stephen Mathis

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Do judges deduce their decisions from legal rules and principles, or do they decide cases based on what is fair given the facts at hand? The latter view, held by Legal Realists, serves as the starting point for Professor Stephen Mathis' eye-opening look at how judges reason. In this compelling lecture series, the esteemed professor addresses... Read more

Ghost of the Innocent Man

By: Benjamin Rachlin

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping account of one man's long road to freedom that will forever change how we understand our criminal justice system.

During the last three decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of... Read more

The Law of Superheroes

By: James Daily, J.D. & Ryan Davidson, J.D.

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Could Superman sue if someone exposed his identity as Clark Kent? Is a life sentence for an immortal like Apocalypse “cruel and unusual punishment?” Is X-ray vision a violation of search and seizure laws? Is the Joker legally insane? And who foots the bill when a hero destroys a skyscraper or two while defending Metropolis?Fear not, gentle... Read more