10 Best Legal History Books
Legal History is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Legal History audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 10 Legal History audiobooks below.
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Democratic Justice
- By: Brad Snyder
- Narrator: James Fouhey
- Length: 37 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.74(35 ratings)
4.74(35 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDThe definitive biography of Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court justice and champion of twentieth-century American liberal democracy The conventional wisdom about Felix Frankfurter–Harvard law professor and Supreme Court justice–is that heThe definitive biography of Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court justice and champion of twentieth-century American liberal democracy
The conventional wisdom about Felix Frankfurter–Harvard law professor and Supreme Court justice–is that he struggled to fill the seat once held by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Scholars have portrayed Frankfurter as a judicial failure, a liberal lawyer turned conservative justice, and the Warren Court’s principal villain. And yet none of these characterizations rings true.
A pro-government, pro-civil rights liberal who rejected shifting political labels, Frankfurter advocated for judicial restraint–he believed that people should seek change not from the courts but through the democratic political process. Indeed, he knew American presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson, advised Franklin Roosevelt, and inspired his students and law clerks to enter government service.
Organized around presidential administrations and major political and world events, this definitive biography chronicles Frankfurter’s impact on American life. As a young government lawyer, he befriended Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, and Holmes. As a Harvard law professor, he earned fame as a civil libertarian, Zionist, and New Deal power broker. As a justice, he hired the first African American law clerk and helped the Court achieve unanimity in outlawing racially segregated schools in Brown v. Board of Education.
In this sweeping narrative, Brad Snyder offers a full and fascinating portrait of the remarkable life and legacy of a long misunderstood American figure. This is the biography of an Austrian Jewish immigrant who arrived in the United States at age eleven speaking not a word of English, who by age twenty-six befriended former president Theodore Roosevelt, and who by age fifty was one of Franklin Roosevelt’s most trusted advisers. It is the story of a man devoted to democratic ideals, a natural orator and often overbearing justice, whose passion allowed him to amass highly influential friends and helped create the liberal establishment.
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East West Street
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrator: Philippe Sands
- Length: 14 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.47(4978 ratings)
4.47(4978 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDWhen human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfwayWhen human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg Trials.
Part historical detective story, part family history, part legal thriller, Philippe Sands guides us between past and present as several interconnected stories unfold in parallel. The first is the hidden story of two Nuremberg prosecutors who discover, only at the end of the trials, that the man they are prosecuting, once Hitler’s personal lawyer, may be responsible for the murder of their entire families in Nazi-occupied Poland, in and around Lviv. The two prosecutors, Hersch Lauterpacht and Rafael Lemkin, were remarkable men, whose efforts led to the inclusion of the terms crimes against humanity and genocide in the judgement at Nuremberg, with their different emphasis on the protection of individuals and groups. The defendant was no less compelling a character: Hans Frank, Hitler’s personal lawyer, friend of Richard Strauss, collector of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, and governor-general of Nazi-occupied Poland.
A second strand to the book is more personal, as Sands traces the events that overwhelmed his mother’s family in Lviv and Vienna during the Second World War and led his grandfather to leave his wife and daughter behind as war came to Europe. At the heart of this book is an equally personal quest to understand the roots of international law and the concepts that have dominated Sands’ work as a lawyer. Eventually he finds unexpected answers to his questions about his family in this powerful meditation on the way memory, crime, and guilt leave scars across generations.
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The Words That Made Us
- By: Akhil Reed Amar
- Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 27 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.42(132 ratings)
4.42(132 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0044.99 USDA history of the American Constitution’s formative decades from a preeminent legal scholarWhen the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. ButA history of the American Constitution’s formative decades from a preeminent legal scholarWhen the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation’s borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch?In The Words that Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document’s origins and consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America’s Constitution today.... Read more -
The Devil’s Advocates
- By: Michael S. Lief
- Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 21 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.98(83 ratings)
3.98(83 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.95 USDThe Devil’s Advocates shows us the crimes and trials that have so captivated the public, cases that have also helped to illuminate underlying principals of the American criminal-justice system over the years. Future President John AdamsThe Devil’s Advocates shows us the crimes and trials that have so captivated the public, cases that have also helped to illuminate underlying principals of the American criminal-justice system over the years.
Future President John Adams illustrates the principle that led to the right to a fair trial as he argues on behalf of the British soldier who shot and killed five Americans during the Boston Massacre. The always controversial temporary insanity defense involves a prominent congressman who guns down a district attorney over an extramarital affair. In front of horrified onlookers, Clarence Darrow delivers a ringing defense of a black family charged with the treason trial of Aaron Burr. And perhaps the most famous and significant of precedent-setting cases is that of Ernesto Miranda, an accused rapist who confessed to the crime without having been notified of his Fifth Amendment right and the right to counsel.
Here is your ringside seat to gripping drama, as well as to the shaping of the legal system that we thrill to and curse at today.
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The Trial of Adolf Hitler
- By: David King
- Narrator: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: June 20, 2017
- Language: English
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3.94(131 ratings)
3.94(131 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFebruary 26, 1924 was the first day of the greatly anticipated high treason trial that would galvanize Germany – but few in the courtroom that morning anticipated that the leading defendant, General Erich Ludendorff, whose risky offensivesFebruary 26, 1924 was the first day of the greatly anticipated high treason trial that would galvanize Germany – but few in the courtroom that morning anticipated that the leading defendant, General Erich Ludendorff, whose risky offensives during World War I doomed Germany to defeat, would soon be eclipsed by the private first class at his side, Adolf Hitler. Hitler was charged with treason after unsuccessfully trying to seize power in the notorious Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923. Before the trial, Hitler was only a minor, if ambitious, local party leader. Yet, once the proceedings began, his days of relative obscurity were over. Including never-before-published sources, this richly informed, day-by-day account shows how Hitler metamorphosed into a mesmerizing demagogue and used his trial as a stage for Nazi propaganda. Chilling in the hypothetical questions it raises, The Trial of Adolf Hitler illuminates our understanding of Hitler’s path to power.
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The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
- By: Stephen Breyer
- Narrator: Jim Seybert
- Length: 1 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 14, 2021
- Language: English
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3.85(352 ratings)
3.85(352 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDA growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view, the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than “politicians inA growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view, the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than “politicians in robes”?their ostensibly neutral judicial philosophies mere camouflage for conservative or liberal convictions. Stephen Breyer, drawing upon his experience as a Supreme Court justice, sounds a cautionary note. Mindful of the Court’s history, he suggests that the judiciary’s hard-won authority could be marred by reforms premised on the assumption of ideological bias. Having, as Hamilton observed, “no influence over either the sword or the purse,” the Court earned its authority by making decisions that have, over time, increased the public’s trust. If public trust is now in decline, one part of the solution is to promote better understandings of how the judiciary actually works: how judges adhere to their oaths and how they try to avoid considerations of politics and popularity. Breyer warns that political intervention could itself further erode public trust. Without the public’s trust, the Court would no longer be able to act as a check on the other branches of government or as a guarantor of the rule of law, risking serious harm to our constitutional system.
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John Adams Under Fire
- By: Dan Abrams
- Narrator: Dan Abrams
- Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Harlequin Audio
- Publish date: March 03, 2020
- Language: English
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3.78(607 ratings)
3.78(607 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USD*NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* “An expert, extremely detailed account of John Adams’ finest hour.”–Kirkus Reviews Honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre The New York Times bestselling author of*NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
“An expert, extremely detailed account of John Adams’ finest hour.”–Kirkus Reviews
Honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre
The New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln’s Last Trial and host of LivePD Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell the story of a trial that would change history.
History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country’s second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era.
On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. As John Adams would later remember, “On that night the formation of American independence was born.” Yet when the British soldiers faced trial, the young lawyer Adams was determined that they receive a fair one. He volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a colony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become United States law.
In this book, New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher draw on the trial transcript, using Adams’s own words to transport readers to colonial Boston, a city roiling with rebellion, where British military forces and American colonists lived side by side, waiting for the spark that would start a war.
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On Your Case
- By: Lisa Green
- Narrator: Lisa Green
- Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 15, 2020
- Language: English
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3.67(29 ratings)
3.67(29 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDOn Your Case gives women the tools they need to prepare anything the law might throw at them. From dating, marriage and kids to retirement and aging parents, this is the book every woman should have when trouble strikes–or before! In On YourOn Your Case gives women the tools they need to prepare anything the law might throw at them. From dating, marriage and kids to retirement and aging parents, this is the book every woman should have when trouble strikes–or before!
In On Your Case, Lisa Green finally fills a gap in women?s bookshelves with a thorough, compelling and occasionally hilarious guide to the range of legal issues women can expect to navigate in their busy lives. Leveraging her experience as a lawyer and a television journalist and legal analyst, Green explains common, even complicated, legal issues in practical, easy to understand terms. She uses court cases and vivid personal anecdotes to illustrate how readers can make smart decisions when problems arise. And legal problems will arise, Green counsels, so women need to get smart, and get ready.
In her warm, inviting voice, Green shares guidance on:
Relationships: Online dating, pre and postnuptial agreements, engagement and marriage
Separation and Divorce: Splitting without anxiety, child custody and support, pet custody disputes
Babies, Children and Teens: Pregnancy and adoption, advocating for a special needs child, misbehaving teens
Work: Employment and household help
Domestic violence
Midlife and elder care: wills, medical decisions and power of attorney
Legal Help: Hiring a lawyer, DIY
As Suze Orman demystified personal finance for women, Lisa Green now does for the world of law. With On Your Case, Green helps you take care of yourself, your assets, your family, and your career and maintain control of your life.
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Kennedy’s Avenger
- By: Dan Abrams
- Narrator: Dan Abrams
- Length: 12 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Harlequin Audio
- Publish date: June 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.62(445 ratings)
3.62(445 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDNew York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America’s most publicized–and most surprising–criminal trials in history. No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. OnNew York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America’s most publicized–and most surprising–criminal trials in history.
No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a troubled nightclub owner named Jack Ruby quietly slipped into the Dallas police station and assassinated the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Millions of Americans witnessed the killing on live television, and yet the event would lead to questions for years to come.
It also would help to spark the conspiracy theories that have continued to resonate today.
Under the long shadow cast by the assassination of America’s beloved president, few would remember the bizarre trial that followed three months later in Dallas, Texas. How exactly does one defend a man who was seen pulling the trigger in front of millions? And, more important, how did Jack Ruby, who fired point-blank into Oswald live on television, die an innocent man?
Featuring a colorful cast of characters, including the nation’s most flamboyant lawyer pitted against a tough-as-Texas prosecutor, award-winning authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher unveil the astonishing details behind the first major trial of the television century. While it was Jack Ruby who appeared before the jury, it was also the city of Dallas and the American legal system being judged by the world.
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The Federalist Papers
- By: George H. Smith
- Narrator: Craig Deitschmann
- Length: 2 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.53(40 ratings)
3.53(40 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDThe US Constitution was approved by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. It was to become law only if it was ratified by nine of the thirteen states. New York was a key state, but it contained strong forces opposing the Constitution.The US Constitution was approved by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. It was to become law only if it was ratified by nine of the thirteen states. New York was a key state, but it contained strong forces opposing the Constitution. A series of eighty-five letters appeared in New York City newspapers between October 1787 and August 1788 urging support for the Constitution. These letters remain the first and most authoritative commentary on the American concept of federal government.
Later known asThe Federalist Papers, they were published under the pseudonym ‘Publius,’ although written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. This presentation explores the major arguments contained inThe Federalist Papersand contrasts them with the views of the Anti-Federalists.
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