Adult Readers

By Charles F. Hobson John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical...

By Jill Lepore (Author) The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and...

By Antonin Scalia (Author), Amy Gutmann (Editor, Foreword) We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the...

By Alexander Tsesis (Author) The history of America’s successes and failures in the battles for civil rights, from the Revolutionary period to today.Despite America’s commitment to civil rights from the earliest...

By Laura Weinrib (Author) In the early decades of the twentieth century, business leaders condemned civil liberties as masks for subversive activity, while labor sympathizers denounced the courts as shills...

By Alison L. LaCroix A synthesis of legal, political, and social history to show how the post-founding generations were forced to rethink and substantially revise the U.S. constitutional vision Between 1815...

By Lea VanderVelde Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford . Despite the case's signal importance as a turning point in America's history, the...

By Brad Snyder *Signed Bookplate In this sweeping narrative of Felix Frankfurter, Brad Snyder offers a full and fascinating portrait of the remarkable life and legacy of a long-misunderstood American...

By Chad Noreuil (Author) The Zen of Passing the Bar Exam offers a comprehensive approach to studying for (and passing) the bar exam. Couched in neuroscience and Zen principles of focus, discipline,...

 By John Reilly (Author) Graduating from law school, passing the bar exam, and starting work as a lawyer for the first time is stressful. There is no guide or map to...

By Jack Goldsmith (Author) "The Irishman is great art . . . but it is not, as we know, great history . . . Frank Sheeran . . . surely didn’t...

By Ann McCellan (Author) This stunningly beautiful record of the nation's biggest springtime festival – the National Cherry Blossom Festival – is a breathtaking illustrated memory of the beauty and...