Law audiobooks

The End of Policing

By: Alex S. Vitale

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Just Mercy

By: Bryan Stevenson

Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

#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

Dopesick

By: Beth Macy

Narrated by: Beth Macy

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A Hulu limited series inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy.

Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the... Read more

Fearless Speech

By: Mary Anne Franks

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani & Mary Anne Franks

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful debunking of First Amendment orthodoxy that critiques "reckless speech," which endangers vulnerable groups, and elevates "fearless speech," which seeks to advance equality and democracy.

Freedom of speech has never been more important—or more controversial. From debates about what's permissible on social media, to the politics of... Read more

The Color of Money

By: Mehrsa Baradaran

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 15 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

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.



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On Property

By: Rinaldo Walcott

Narrated by: David Andrew Reid

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From plantation rebellion to prison labour’s super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we’ve organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish... Read more

Offshore

By: Brooke Harrington

Narrated by: Jennifer Walden

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

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

A Duty to Resist

By: Candice Delmas

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

What are our responsibilities in the face of injustice? How far should we go to fight it? Many would argue that as long as a state is nearly just, citizens have a moral duty to obey the law. Proponents of civil disobedience generally hold that, given this moral duty, a person needs a solid justification to break the law. But activists from Henry... Read more

Ghettoside

By: Jill Leovy

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE... Read more

The Other Dr. Gilmer

By: Benjamin Gilmer

Narrated by: Benjamin Gilmer

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “mesmerizing” (The New York Times Book Review) true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal—an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time

“A remarkable medical detective story–cum–memoir,... Read more

Deep Delta Justice

By: Matthew Van Meter

Narrated by: Brad Sanders

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for 2021 Audie Award in History/Biography

The book that inspired the documentary A Crime on the Bayou

2021 Chautauqua Prize Finalist

The "arresting, astonishing history" of one lawyer and his defendant who together achieved a "civil rights milestone" (Justin Driver).

In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary... Read more

The Black and the Blue

By: Matthew Horace & Ron Harris

Narrated by: Matthew Horace

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his... Read more

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

By: Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives

After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and... Read more

Who Is Equal: The Equality Code of the Constitution

By: Saurabh Kirpal

Narrated by: Anuj Datta

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1950, we, the people of India, gave ourselves a constitution that promised justice, liberty and equality to all its citizens. Decades later, as a nation, we still struggle with inequality in various forms—religion, sex, caste, gender. As we forge ahead, it is imperative to ask, ‘who is equal?’, and 'is the idea of equality elusive to... Read more

A Life for Liberty

By: Randy E. Barnett

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

From prosecuting murderers in Chicago, to arguing before the Supreme Court, to authoring more than a dozen books, Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett has played an integral role in the rise of originalism—the movement to identify, restore, and defend the original meaning of the Constitution. Thanks in part to his efforts, by 2018 a... Read more

Socke Teil 3: Socke und die Piraten der Perlmuttinsel

By: Jörg Janetzko

Narrated by: Jörg Janetzko, Bennet K., Dirk Oldorf, Helene D...

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

,,Socke und die Piraten der Perlmuttinsel'' ist der dritte Teil über die verrückten Abenteuer eines zum Leben erweckten Kleidungsstückes: einer Socke! Diesmal schließt sich Socke und seine Freundin Lisa einer verwegenen, aber auch sehr lustigen Piratentruppe an. Mutig und mit vielen lustigen Ideen werden sie bald als vollwertige Piraten... Read more

Arbeitsrecht für Dummies

By: Oliver Haag

Narrated by: Thomas Höricht

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Oliver Haag erklärt Ihnen, was Sie für Ihr Studium über Arbeitsrecht wissen sollten. Er führt Sie in die juristische Denk- und Arbeitsweise ein und erklärt Ihnen die allgemeinen Grundlagen des Arbeitsrechts. Sie erfahren außerdem, was es mit den Details des Individualarbeitsrechts und des Kollektivarbeitsrechts auf sich hat. Zum Abschluss lernen... Read more

We Wanted Workers

By: George J. Borjas

Narrated by: Jim Seybert

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can... Read more

Critical Race Theory, Fourth Edition

By: Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory. Since the publication of the third edition of Critical Race Theory: An Introduction in 2017, the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in racially motivated mass shootings and a pandemic that revealed how deeply entrenched medical racism is and how public disasters... Read more

Intent to Destroy

By: Eugene Finkel

Narrated by: Phillipe Bosher

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

'The must read masterpiece . . . utterly essential' PETER POMERANTSEV

'With erudition and verve' TIMOTHY SNYDER

'Powerful' SERHII PLOKHY

'Masterful' BEN ANSELL

A history of Russian violence waged against Ukraine across the centuries.

Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. And yet this attack was in fact the latest... Read more

The 48 Laws of Mental Power

By: Victor O. Carl

Narrated by: Aaron Sinn

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Path to Healing from Trauma and Reclaiming Your Mental Strength with The 48 Laws of Mental Power: Overcoming Trauma and Building Mental Strength.Do you feel weighed down by the scars of trauma—struggling with complex emotions, sleepless nights, and a constant feeling of being disconnected from the life you deserve? You’re not... Read more

The Most Powerful Court in the World

By: Stuart Banner

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 25 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

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

We the Elites

By: Robert Ovetz

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by fifty-five of the richest white men, and signed by only thirty-nine of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth, and misinformation—many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have little idea what it says. This book examines the constitution... Read more

Divorce

By: Heather Jackson

Narrated by: Jodie Craigs

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Divorce is one of the most challenging life events a person can experience, often leaving individuals feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, and unsure of what steps to take next. Whether you’ve already made the decision to divorce or are in the early stages of considering it, this book is designed to guide you through the emotional and practical... Read more