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The Prince
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Niccolò Machiavelli
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 77,261 ratings
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
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Scott Turow
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 3,314 ratings
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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
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Jeffrey Toobin
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 8,242 ratings
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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Joseph J. Ellis
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 15,252 ratings
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The Law
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Frédéric Bastiat
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 3,047 ratings
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The Story of Philosophy
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Will Durant
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 4,215 ratings
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Beyond Good and Evil
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Friedrich Nietzsche
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 21,191 ratings
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The Social Contract
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 12,849 ratings
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Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 13,133 ratings
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Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States of America, Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments (Including Images of Original
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Thomas Jefferson
4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 1,265 ratings
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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John Locke
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 5,244 ratings
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Historical and Theological Foundations of Law: Classical and Medieval
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John Eidsmoe
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Rule of Law
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Tom Bingham
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Metaphysics
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Aristotle
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 4,526 ratings
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,327 ratings
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Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 12,367 ratings
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Politics
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Aristotle
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 10,173 ratings
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The Trial and Death of Socrates
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Plato
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 12,295 ratings
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On Liberty
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John Stuart Mill
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 9,535 ratings
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The Age of Reason
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Thomas Paine
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 2,784 ratings
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The Complete Essays
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Michel de Montaigne
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 4,469 ratings
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Historical and Theological Foundations of Law: Ancient Wisdom
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John Eidsmoe
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Historical and Theological Foundations of Law: Reformation and Colonial
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John Eidsmoe
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Brutus: Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos: Or, Concerning the Legitimate Power of a Prince Over the People, and of the People Over a Prince
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Hubert Languet
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Anti-Federalist Papers
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Founding Fathers
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Federalist Papers
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Alexander Hamilton
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 14,081 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
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Lao Tzu
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 38,692 ratings
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Friedrich Nietzsche
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 33,896 ratings
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The Bhagavad Gita
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Anonymous
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 23,034 ratings
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The Symposium
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Plato
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 12,733 ratings
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
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René Descartes
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 10,947 ratings
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The Analects
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Confucius
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 5,046 ratings
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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David Hume
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 5,466 ratings
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A Treatise Of Human Nature
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David Hume
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
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Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
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Linda Greenhouse
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 477 ratings
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The Assault on Reason
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Al Gore
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 4,250 ratings
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Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining: America's Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out
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Judy Sheindlin
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 258 ratings
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God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
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Jim Wallis
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 2,217 ratings
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The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
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Jeff Sharlet (Goodreads Author)
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,505 ratings
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How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday
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Gerry Spence
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 432 ratings
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Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer
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Andrea D. Lyon
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer's First Case: United States v. Oliver North
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Jeffrey Toobin
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Intellectual Property Law: A Practical Guide to Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
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Victor D. Lopez (Goodreads Author)
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Case of the Pope
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Geoffrey Robertson
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 133 ratings
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A Civil Action
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Jonathan Harr
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 6,894 ratings
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Do Good Well: Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation
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Nina Vasan (Goodreads Author)
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Theseus
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Grayson J. Stevens (Goodreads Author)
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Run of His Life: The People Vs. O. J. Simpson
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Jeffrey Toobin
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 208 ratings
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Freedom, The Individual And The Law
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Geoffrey Robertson
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
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Jeffrey Toobin
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 169 ratings
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The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
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Geoffrey Robertson
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Justice Game
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Geoffrey Robertson
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Conduct Unbecoming: Gays And Lesbians In The Us Military
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Randy Shilts
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
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Bob Woodward
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 1,943 ratings
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Testimony
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Anita Shreve
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 14,599 ratings
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The Torah: The Five Books of Moses
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Anonymous
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 449 ratings
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The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
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David Wootton (Editor)
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 526,009 ratings
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The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
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Jeffrey Rosen
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 282 ratings
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The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
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Sandra Day O'Connor
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 253 ratings
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Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey Into the Inferno of American Justice
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David Feige
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 146 ratings
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C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
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Jeff Sharlet (Goodreads Author)
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 237 ratings
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International Law
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Valerie Epps
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges
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Antonin Scalia
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 265 ratings
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