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Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the BorderlandsKelly Lytle Hernández202320 pts1 wins5 listsW. W. NortonHistoryPrisons & Incarceration+2
The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined AmericaAllan Brandt200718 pts2 wins3 listsBasic BooksHistoryRegional & Local History+1
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal ExecutionersMargaret A. Burnham202214 pts2 wins4 listsW. W. NortonRace & EthnicityCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of BeliefLawrence Wright201314 pts0 wins4 listsVintage BooksReligionCrime, Policing & Violence+2
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save AmericaDahlia Lithwick202210 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin Publishing GroupPolitics & GovernmentLaw & Legal Change+2
A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle EastLawrence Freedman200810 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+3
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and ReligionEdward J. Larson199710 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995David E. Kyvig199610 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity Press of KansasHistoryConstitutional History+3
Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. KahnThomas K. McCraw198410 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860Morton J. Horwitz197710 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryRegional & Local History+1
SPQR: A History of Ancient RomeMary Beard201610 pts0 wins4 listsW. W. NortonHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
Privacy and FreedomAlan F. Westin19688 pts2 wins2 listsAtheneumPolitics & GovernmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Race, Crime, and the LawRandall Kennedy19978 pts1 wins2 listsPantheonRace & EthnicityCourts & Trials+2
D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a MarriageBrenda Maddox19948 pts0 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American PoliticsThomas Byrne Edsall, Mary D. Edsall19928 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentPrisons & Incarceration+2
Muslims and the Making of Modern EuropeEmily Greble20216 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryEurope & Russia+3
When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American LawDiane Kiesel20254 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Michigan PressTrue Crime & JusticeRegional & Local History+1
Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment RightDavid M. Rabban20244 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically BetterAbdi Aidid, Benjamin Alarie20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Toronto PressTechnologyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Patchwork Freedoms: Law, Slavery, and Race beyond Cuba’s PlantationsAdriana Chira20224 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressRace & EthnicityFood, Agriculture & Land+3
A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation’s Fundamental LawBeau Breslin20214 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot BoxTerry Smith20204 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American FreedomSarah Seo20194 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Borderless Wars: Civil Military Disorder and Legal UncertaintyAntonia Chayes20154 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to RobespierreJonathan Israel20144 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
The True American: Murder and Mercy in TexasAnand Giridharadas20144 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonRace & EthnicityDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French GuianaMiranda Spieler20124 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Arbitrary JusticeAngela J. Davis20074 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressTrue Crime & JusticeHuman Rights & International Law+2
Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United StatesHiroshi Motomura20064 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
Defending the Rights of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International Minority Protection, 1878-1938Carole Fink20064 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas TownNate Blakeslee20054 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsTrue Crime & JusticeGender & Feminism+3
Pillar of FireTaylor Branch19984 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
Aging and Old AgeRichard A. Posner19954 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressSociety & CultureDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
The Fisherman's Problem: Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 1850-1980Arthur F. McEvoy19864 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressBusiness & EconomicsEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac NewtonRichard S. Westfall19834 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressTechnologyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution, 1895–1980Jonathan D. Spence19814 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Anne Othwood’s Bastard: Sex and Law in Early VirginiaJohn Pagan20034 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryRegional & Local History+1
Brownfields Law & Practice: The Cleanup and Redevelopment of Contaminated LandMichael B. Gerrard19984 pts1 wins1 listsMatthew BenderPolitics & GovernmentFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Civilities and Civil RightsWilliam H. Chafe19814 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintRace & EthnicityLaw & Legal Change+1
Commodity and Propriety: Competing Visions of Property in American Legal ThoughtJames L. Kugel19974 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressPolitics & GovernmentLaw & Legal Change+2
Failure and ForgivenessKaren Gross19974 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressBusiness & EconomicsLaw & Legal Change+1
FEDERAL ARBITRATION LAW: Agreements, Awards, and Remedies under the Federal Arbitration ActIan R. Macneil, Richard E. Speidel, Thomas J. Stipanowich19944 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+2
Free Conservative Crisis and the Rule of Law: Attitudes of Bar and Bench, 1887-95Arnold Paul19594 pts1 wins1 listsCornell University PressHistoryRegional & Local History+1
Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the LawMartha C. Nussbaum20044 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+3
Lincoln’s ConstitutionDaniel Farber20034 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil Rights Movement in TuskegeeRobert Norrell19864 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintRace & EthnicitySocial Movements & Activism+2
Sustainable Environmental LawCelia Campbell-Mohn, Darry Breen, J. William Futrell19934 pts1 wins1 listsWest PublishingPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+2
The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World PoliticsKathryn Sikkink20124 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentLaw & Legal Change+2
The Rule of LawTom Bingham20114 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeHuman Rights & International Law+2
The Struggle for Justice in the Spanish Conquest of AmericaLewis Hanke19474 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHistoryEurope & Russia+3
Twelve Against the LawEdward D. Radin19484 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeHuman Rights & International Law+2
Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from BelowJane Kamensky20244 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyLgbtq History & Life+2
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and FreedomBrittany K. Barnett20204 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeCourts & Trials+3
Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific CenturyRichard McGregor20174 pts0 wins1 listsVikingHistoryAsia & the Pacific+3
Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st CenturyChristian Caryl20134 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryBlack History & Culture+1
Crime and Punishment in American HistoryLawrence M. Friedman19934 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryPrisons & Incarceration+2
The Literary Underground of the Old RegimeRobert Darnton19824 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryArchives, Museums & Historical Method+2
The Age of Reform, 1250–1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation EuropeSteven Ozment19804 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
A History of American LawLawrence M. Friedman19734 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryCourts & Trials+2
Behavior: The Control of PerceptionWilliam T. Powers19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceAmerican Politics+2
Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern TimesMorris Kline19724 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressScienceConstitutional History+2
The Bill of Rights: Its Origin and MeaningIrving Brant19654 pts0 wins1 listsBobbs-MerrillHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal SystemCharles Rembar19824 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentCourts & Trials+2
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of DisruptionSebastian Mallaby20224 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBusiness & EconomicsEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
We, The Data: Human Rights in the Digital AgeWendy H. Wong20244 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+2
You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the DreamersAmanda Frost20222 pts0 wins1 listsBeacon PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
A Black Jurist in a Slave Society: Antonio Pereira Rebouças and the Trials of Brazilian CitizenshipKeila Grinberg20192 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial JamaicaBrooke N. Newman20182 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and Conceived a New World OrderDavid Levering Lewis20182 pts0 wins1 listsLiverightBiographyClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa CouncilsJohn R. Bowen20162 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressSociety & CultureGender & Feminism+3
Slaves and Englishmen: Human Bondage in the Early Modern Atlantic WorldMichael Guasco20142 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation and Human RightsRobin Blackburn20132 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryHuman Rights & International Law+3
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of LibertyJohn M. Barry20122 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and their Global Quest for FreedomCassandra Pybus20062 pts0 wins1 listsBeacon PressHistoryLabor, Work & Organizing+3
The Third Reich in Power: Volume 2 of The Third Reich SeriesRichard J. Evans20052 pts0 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Italy and its MonarchyDenis Mack Smith19892 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
Just LawHelena Kennedy20052 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeHuman Rights & International Law+2
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian EnglandPaul Thomas Murphy20172 pts0 wins1 listsPegasus BooksTrue Crime & JusticeHuman Rights & International Law+2
The Coming of the Third Reich: Volume 1 of The Third Reich SeriesRichard J. Evans20042 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryWorld War Ii+2
Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights AmericaJeff Chang20152 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintRace & EthnicityEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Nature Needs YouHannah Bourne-Taylor20261 pts0 wins1 listsElliott & ThompsonScienceWar & Military Strategy+2
A Realistic Theory of LawBrian Z. Tamanaha20170 pts0 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+3
American Zoo: A Sociological SafariDavid Grazian20150 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressSociety & CultureLaw & Legal Change+2
Jim Crow's Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in LouisianaThomas Aiello20150 pts0 wins1 listsLSU PressTrue Crime & JusticeReconstruction+3
Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late AntiquityJulia Hillner20150 pts0 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental ImagesFinis Dunaway20150 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressNature & EnvironmentSocial Movements & Activism+3
Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family RelationshipsClare Huntington20140 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentFamily, Childhood & Adoption+3
Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do BetterPeter H. Schuck20140 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentMedicine, Health & the Body+3
American Epic: Reading the U.S. ConstitutionGarrett Epps20130 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentLaw & Legal Change+2
Forensic Testimony: Science, Law and Expert EvidenceC. Michael Bowers20130 pts0 wins1 listsElsevierTrue Crime & JusticeCourts & Trials+3
The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin & Public Confession in AmericaSusan Wise Bauer20070 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressSociety & CultureReligion & Religious Movements+3
A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (408-450)Fergus Millar20060 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryReligion & Religious Movements+3
Territory, Authority, RightsSaskia Sassen20060 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Law in American History: Volume 1: From the Colonial Years Through the Civil WarG. Edward White20050 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding IdeasDavid Hackett Fischer20050 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryConstitutional History+3
The Penitente BrotherhoodMichael P. Carroll20020 pts0 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressSociety & CultureLatin America & the Caribbean+3
Child Witnesses: Fragile Voices in the American Legal SystemLucy S. McGough19940 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressTrue Crime & JusticeLaw & Legal Change+2
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All awards · Topic: Law & Legal Change · Sorted by score · 98 books · filtered