Law:

Incognito
The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.95

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 book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. Why can your foot move halfway to the...

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Are Prisons Obsolete?

Written by Angela Y. Davis

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $11.95

With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of... Read more >

The Innocent Man

Written by John Grisham

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $9.99

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a... Read more >

The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
Written by Adrian Raine

Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $35.00

With a 4-page full-color insert, and black-and-white illustrations throughout

Why do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing neurocriminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques... Read more >

The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Written by John Grisham

Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $9.99

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a...

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A Civil Action

Written by Jonathan Harr

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: August 27, 1996
Price: $17.00

"The legal thriller of the decade." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

Now a Major Motion Picture!

In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes... Read more >

The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $16.00

In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at... Read more >

The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $16.00

A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction

From the moment Chief Justice Roberts botched Barack Obama's oath of office, the relationship between the Court and the White House has been a fraught one. Grappling with issues as diverse as campaign finance, abortion, and the right to bear arms, the Roberts court has...

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Courtroom 302
A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
Written by Steve Bogira

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $16.00

Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the... Read more >

Gideon's Trumpet

Written by Anthony Lewis

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 23, 1989
Price: $15.95

A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964. Read more >