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Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Summary
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
by Woody Holton 2007 384 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
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American History
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The Nine Summary
The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by Jeffrey Toobin 2007 384 pages
4.09
18k+ ratings
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The Framers' Coup Summary
The Framers' Coup
The Making of the United States Constitution
by Michael J. Klarman 2016 880 pages
4.41
422 ratings
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American History
Ideas with Consequences Summary
Ideas with Consequences
The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
by Amanda Hollis-Brusky 2014 266 pages
3.84
88 ratings
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Rights Talk Summary
Rights Talk
The Impoverishment of Political Discourse
by Mary Ann Glendon 1991 236 pages
4.06
124 ratings
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Law
Philosophy
The Day Freedom Died Summary
The Day Freedom Died
The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
by Charles Lane 2008 352 pages
4.08
447 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Guarded Gate Summary
The Guarded Gate
Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America
by Daniel Okrent 2019 496 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
History
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American History
Anatomy of a Murder Summary
Anatomy of a Murder
by Robert Traver 1958 437 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
Eve Was Framed Summary
Eve Was Framed
Women and British Justice
by Helena Kennedy 1992 320 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Law
Feminism
Politics
Justice on the Brink Summary
Justice on the Brink
The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
by Linda Greenhouse 2021 336 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
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History
Law
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Summary
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
by Robert A. Dahl 2001 240 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
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History
Political Science
Why Nudge? Summary
Why Nudge?
The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 208 pages
3.47
245 ratings
Politics
Economics
Psychology
More Guns, Less Crime Summary
More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
by John R. Lott Jr. 1998 321 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
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Law
Economics
A Theory of Justice Summary
A Theory of Justice
by John Rawls 1971 824 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Law Summary
The Law
by Frédéric Bastiat 1849 61 pages
4.33
14k+ ratings
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Philosophy
Economics
The Court v. The Voters Summary
The Court v. The Voters
The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
by Joshua A. Douglas 2024 240 pages
4.45
44 ratings
Law
History
Politics
Corporate Governance Summary
Corporate Governance
Principles, Policies and Practices
by Bob Tricker 2009 448 pages
4.06
77 ratings
Business
Law
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States Summary
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
by Alexander Keyssar 2000 512 pages
4.04
301 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement Summary
Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement
by William E. Forbath 1989 230 pages
3.93
46 ratings
History
Labor
Law
The Two Faces of American Freedom Summary
The Two Faces of American Freedom
by Aziz Rana 2010 432 pages
4.03
90 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Fault Lines in the Constitution Summary
Fault Lines in the Constitution
The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today
by Cynthia Levinson 2017 240 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle Grade
Project Management in Electronic Discovery Summary
Project Management in Electronic Discovery
An Introduction to Core Principles of Legal Project Management and Leadership In eDiscovery
by Michael I. Quartararo 2016 425 pages
3.67
12 ratings
Law
Adversarial Legalism Summary
Adversarial Legalism
The American Way of Law
by Robert A. Kagan 2003 352 pages
3.72
72 ratings
Law
Politics
History
The Ideological Origins of American Federalism Summary
The Ideological Origins of American Federalism
by Alison L. LaCroix 2010 320 pages
3.52
31 ratings
History
Law
Politics
We Have Not a Government Summary
We Have Not a Government
The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution
by George William Van Cleve 2017 390 pages
3.99
76 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Storytelling for Lawyers Summary
Storytelling for Lawyers
by Philip N. Meyer 2013 256 pages
3.71
101 ratings
Law
Legal
The Rights Revolution Summary
The Rights Revolution
Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective
by Charles R. Epp 1998 342 pages
3.79
42 ratings
Law
Academic
The Federalist Society Summary
The Federalist Society
How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals
by Michael Avery 2013
4.29
24 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Case against Perfection Summary
The Case against Perfection
Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
by Michael J. Sandel 2007 176 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Genetics
The People's Welfare Summary
The People's Welfare
Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America
by William J. Novak 1996 408 pages
3.88
81 ratings
History
American History
Law
The Interbellum Constitution Summary
The Interbellum Constitution
Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms
by Alison L. LaCroix 2024 576 pages
4.50
16 ratings
History
Law
A Revolution in Favor of Government Summary
A Revolution in Favor of Government
Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State
by Max M. Edling 2003 352 pages
3.78
65 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Forum and the Tower Summary
The Forum and the Tower
How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt
by Mary Ann Glendon 2011 280 pages
3.95
66 ratings
Philosophy
History
Law
Last Branch Standing Summary
Last Branch Standing
A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
by Sarah Isgur 2026 416 pages
4.46
391 ratings
Politics
History
Law
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