American Bar Association: 312 books

Al-Tounsi is the debut novel by the award-winning playwright, Anton Piatigorsky, and tells the story of the US Supreme Court’s handling of a landmark case involving the rights of detainees held in a US military base. Although the novel follows the case as it maneuvers through the minds and hands...

Meet Lizzie Scott, federal prosecutor, whose obsession with protecting the weak is matched only by her hatred of bullies, especially when they wear a badge. Set in the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, Deadly Force is the first novel in a trilogy about Lizzie...

The students at Manhattan Law School, a decrepit institution on the edge of the toxic Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, are geographically-challenged and mad as hell – in debt up to their eyeballs and fighting over the few legal jobs left for those who are far outside the Ivy League. Our hero, Adam Wright,...

Mackenzie Corbett has always dreamed of living in New York City. Now, almost two years into her job as an associate at a premier Manhattan law firm, she's living her fantasy--big salary, high profile deals, cute boyfriend, designer bag on her arm. The giant bags under her eyes from lack of sleep don't...

If you are a bystander and witness a crime, should intervention to prevent that crime be a legal obligation? Or is moral responsibility enough?In The Crime of Complicity, Amos N. Guiora addresses these profoundly important questions and the bystander-victim relationship from a deeply personal and legal...

The Baghdad Lawyer is a memoir like no other. Readers will experience for the first time the behind-the-scenes workings of the Iraqi criminal justice system from the perspective of one of the most respected trial lawyers in Iraq, in the years before and during the violent and chaotic rise and fall of...

The 116 is the definitive account of the Frontier Guards who defended President Lincoln from a kidnapping and assassination plot in the opening days of the Civil War. Based on original sources discovered at the Library of Congress, The 116 delves into the lives of these 116 men and their charismatic...

“This former BBC journalist’s passionate search for justice is a suspenseful confrontation with World War II history. A fascinating journey.” —Anne-Marie O’Connor, national bestselling author of The Lady in GoldDina Gold grew up hearing her grandmother’s tales of the glamorous life in Berlin...

At its heart, Leaning on the Arc is the story of what can happen to people when they are objectified--and how the law can be used to bring justice to those for whom justice is often denied--told over the span of nine key cases in the illustrious career of renowned criminal defense attorney M. Gerald...

Millennials are often stereotyped: they are "entitled," seek promotions prematurely, and require constant praise. They seem themselves, however, buried in historically high student debt and thwarted by an outdated workplace structure. You Raised Us, Now Work With Us is a groundbreaking and indispensable...

In the past 25 years, there has been a revolution in the legal profession. General Counsel and other inside lawyers have risen in quality, responsibility, power and status. Once second class citizens in corporations and the legal profession, they have become core members of top corporate management,...

The Anxious Lawyer is a straightforward introduction to meditation and mindfulness for lawyers. Readers will be guided through an eight week program, the aim of which is to assist in establishing an ongoing meditation practice. The book will:Provide an overview of the history of meditation and the scientific...

Did Supreme Court Justice Richard Davenport stand by and watch when his wife fell to her death into a raging sea? Or, as whispered inside the Beltway, did the new justice do something far worse? With his foe Senator Oren Nyquist watching closely, Davenport must now cast the deciding vote in two bitterly...

Anatomy of a Confession is the story of the 1990 murder trial of Debra Milke. Two men -- James Styers, a family friend and single father of a two year-old daughter, and his friend, Roger Scott - murdered Debra's four year-old son in the Arizona desert. One of them implicated the boy's mother. Even before...