Law audiobooks

The Law

By: Frederic Bastiat

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Law was originally published as a pamphlet in French in 1850 by Frederic Bastiat. It is his most famous work and was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848. It defines, through development, a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society. Bastiat was a French classical liberal... Read more

SCOTUS Hears GPS Tracking Case

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Can the government track a suspect using a GPS device without a warrant? That question was at the center of a high-profile case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff discusses the oral arguments in the case with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle. Read more

Stealth of Nations

By: Robert Neuwirth

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Thousands of Africans head to China each year to buy cell phones, auto parts, and other products that they will import to their home countries through a clandestine global back channel.



Hundreds of Paraguayan merchants smuggle computers, electronics, and clothing across the border to Brazil.



Scores of laid-off San Franciscans, working without any... 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

Troy Davis Case

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A parole board in Georgia has rejected clemency for inmate Troy Davis, who is slated to be executed Wednesday. Uproar over the case has revived questions about how the death penalty is applied. Gwen Ifill talks to The Heritage Foundation's Charles Stimson and Vincent Southerland of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Read more

Venture Deals

By: Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

As each new generation of entrepreneurs emerges, there is a renewed interest in how venture capital deals come together. Yet there really is no definitive guide to venture capital deals. Nobody understands this better than authors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. For more than seventeen years, they've been involved in hundreds of venture capital... Read more

Black Hills Can't Be Bought

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine Sioux tribes have been locked in a land dispute since 1877, when the government broke a treaty setting aside the Black Hills as part of their reservation. However, there is a chance that the Great Sioux Nation's long struggle to regain its land might reach a conclusion after years of standoff. Read more

The Spirit of Laws

By: Baron de Montesquieu

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 22 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1748, this is possibly the most masterful and influential book ever written on the subject of liberty and justice. Accordingly, it is a work that profoundly influenced America’s Founding Fathers. Its success was due partly to the fact that it was the first systematic treatise on politics, partly to Montesquieu’s... Read more

Crime Scene Investigation PT.2

By: Robert C. Shaler

Narrated by: Robert C. Shaler

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Profesor Robert C. Shaler continues his in-depth look at all aspects of crime scene investigation in part two. Popularized in the media by highly rated police procedurals, crime scene invesigation is an often misunderstood field of eneavor. Shaler breaks down the intricacies of how investigations are conducted in the real world, examining suhc... Read more

Getting a B.A. Behind Bars

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

What college is tougher to get into than Harvard, Princeton or Yale? Bard College. Not the campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., but the one behind bars in five Empire State prisons. The privately funded Bard Prison Initiative is putting convicts through a rigorous B.A. program that would challenge even the smartest Ivy Leaguers. Read more

Saving the Bill of Rights

By: Frank Miniter

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Our Founding Fathers created the Bill of Rights to document our inalienable rights and to strictly limit the government’s power. These ten amendments are the foundation of American Exceptionalism—yet that foundation is quickly eroding. With every new sweeping regulation and invasive policy, the Obama administration is twisting the Bill of Rights... Read more

At the Devil's Table

By: William C. Rempel

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to risk everything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crime syndicate.

Colombia in the 1990s is a... Read more

SCOTUS Rules in Miranda Warnings

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that juveniles suspected of a crime are entitled to Miranda protections. Ray Suarez asks Marcia Coyle for details. Read more

Justice John Paul Stevens

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

It's been nearly a year since Justice John Paul Stevens left the bench after the third-longest tenure on the Supreme Court. Stevens sat down with Gwen Ifill to discuss his career, his leadership of the Court's liberal wing, why he doesn't like such labels and how his tennis game is now that he's retired. Read more

Incognito

By: David Eagleman

Narrated by: David Eagleman

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
 
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you... Read more

Crime Scene Investigation: Philosophy, Practice, and Science Part 1

By: Robert C. Shaler

Narrated by: Robert C. Shaler

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The director of the Forensic Science Program at Pennsylvania State University, Professor Robert C. Shaler leads a comprehensive study of the intricacies of an intriguing, and always topical, science. In these lectures, Shaler imparts a clear understanding of crime scene investigation, from archiving the scene to the presentation of evidence in... Read more

The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay & James Madison

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 19 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America's greatest patriots and... Read more

Ratification

By: Pauline Maier

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 23 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

When the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adjourned late in the summer of 1787, the delegates returned to their states to report on the new Constitution, which had to be ratified by specially elected conventions in at least nine states. Pauline Maier recounts the dramatic events of the ensuing debate in homes, taverns, and convention... Read more

Video Games

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A Supreme Court case over whether minors should be able to access violent video games in California had the justices debating the definition of violence and the boundaries of the First Amendment.The lawyer for the state of California, who was advocating for a law banning the sale of violent video games to those under 18 years of age, told the... Read more

Interview with Sandra Day O'Connor

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Judy Woodruff speaks to former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor about her efforts to improve literacy for students, judicial elections and today's court. 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

Justice Breyer

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer talks to Jeffrey Brown about his new book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View, the role and responsibilities of the high court, and the shift in dynamics that a new justice can bring. Read more

The Killer of Little Shepherds

By: Douglas Starr

Narrated by: Erik Davies

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting true crime story that vividly recounts the birth of modern forensics.

At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, known and feared as “The Killer of Little Shepherds,” terrorized the French countryside. He eluded authorities for years—until he ran up against prosecutor Emile Fourquet and Dr. Alexandre... 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