I’m a high school student looking for books that aren’t strictly about law itself, but explore it from different angles, such as famous trials, legal philosophy, or why we follow certain laws. Even works of fiction with legal themes would be great. I’m hoping to find a meaningful read that I could also mention in future college applications or discussions (strategic reading as my teacher calls it), but I don't wanna read solely for that reason. I just wanna find something interesting to me aswell.
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A civil action by Jonathan harr is about a hard fought trial.
The Stranger by Albert Camus
To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent starting place if you haven’t already read it.
*The New Jim Crow* (Michelle Alexander)
*The Color of Law* (Richard Rothstein)
*Ghettocide* (Jill Leovy)
Mine! by Michael Heller and James Salzman explores the legal philosophy around ownership.
John Grisham writes a lot of legal thrillers.
Most if not all of Jodi Picoults books have trials in them.
Just Mercy
Gideon’s Trumpet
Notable Trials (Roughead)(famous British trials 19th century)
The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World by Scott Shapiro and Oona Hathaway is one of my favorite books I’ve read in the last few years. There are so many concepts we take for granted— crimes against humanity, the rules of engagement— that are actually relatively new (ya know, in the grand scheme of things). Really great questions around how you secure peace in a world with many nation states and legal systems, and what role, if any, does war have in the quest for a just world.