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50 Books About the US Legal System

How much do you know about US legal history, the courts, and how the system works? These books offer interesting stories and insights.
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After the Madness: A Judge's Own Prison Memoir (Sol Wachtler)
After the Madness: A Judge's Own Prison Memoir
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Sol Wachtler
American Original (Joan Biskupic)
American Original
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Joan Biskupic
Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted (Laura Caldwell)
Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
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Laura Caldwell
Because of Sex: One Law, 10 Cases and 50 Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work (Gillian Thomas)
Because of Sex: One Law, 10 Cases and 50 Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work
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Gillian Thomas
Becoming Justice Blackmun (Linda Greenhouse)
Becoming Justice Blackmun
5
Linda Greenhouse
Black's Law: Criminal Lawyer Reveals Defense Strategies (Roy Black)
Black's Law: Criminal Lawyer Reveals Defense Strategies
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Roy Black
Bloodsworth (Tim Junkin)
Bloodsworth
7
Tim Junkin
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court (Bob Woodward)
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
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Bob Woodward
The Buffalo Creek Disaster (Stern)
The Buffalo Creek Disaster
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Stern
The Central Park Five (Sarah Burns)
The Central Park Five
10
Sarah Burns
A Civil Action (Johathan Harr)
A Civil Action
11
Johathan Harr
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
12
Richard Rothstein
The Constitution of the United States of America
The Constitution of the United States of America
13
A Court Divided (Barrow/Walker)
A Court Divided
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Barrow/Walker
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman)
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
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Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman
First (Evan Thomas)
First
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Evan Thomas
Five Chiefs (John Paul Stevens)
Five Chiefs
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John Paul Stevens
The Great Dissent (Thomas Healey)
The Great Dissent
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Thomas Healey
Gideon's Trumpet (Anthony Lewis)
Gideon's Trumpet
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Anthony Lewis
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck (Adam Cohen)
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
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Adam Cohen
The Injustice System (Clive Stafford Smith)
The Injustice System
22
Clive Stafford Smith
The Innocent Man (John Grisham)
The Innocent Man
23
John Grisham
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made (Jim Newton)
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
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Jim Newton
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name
25
Chanel Miller
Law in America: A Short History (Friedman)
Law in America: A Short History
26
Friedman
Litigation Nation: Cultural History of Lawsuits in America (Hoffer)
Litigation Nation: Cultural History of Lawsuits in America
27
Hoffer
The Majesty of the Law (Sandra Day O'Connor)
The Majesty of the Law
28
Sandra Day O'Connor
Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View (Stephen G. Breyer)
Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View
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Stephen G. Breyer
My Own Words (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
My Own Words
30
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Nature of the Judicial Process (Cardozo)
The Nature of the Judicial Process
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Cardozo
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
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Michelle Alexander
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (Jeffrey Toobin)
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
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Jeffrey Toobin
On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII (Jack Hamann)
On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII
34
Jack Hamann
The Path of the Law (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
The Path of the Law
35
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A People's History of the Supreme Court (Peter Irons)
A People's History of the Supreme Court
36
Peter Irons
Reversal of Fortune (Alan M. Dershowitz)
Reversal of Fortune
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Alan M. Dershowitz
The Run of His Life (Jeffrey Toobin)
The Run of His Life
38
Jeffrey Toobin
Scorpions (Noah Feldman)
Scorpions
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Noah Feldman
Simple Justice: The History of Brown V Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality (Richard Kluger)
Simple Justice: The History of Brown V Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality
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Richard Kluger
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