Lists of Bests: Marina's "Books to Read Before Law School" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34633 As suggested by readers of "The Volokh Conspiracy" at:. http://volokh.com/posts/1180719722.shtml Thu, 31 May 2012 15:13:01 GMT en-us 0 50 48 0 0 Law School Confidential (Revised Edition): A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/395746 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/395746"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312318812.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert H. Miller</div> One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13284 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13284"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OUKUs19%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Turow</div> Bleak House (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62898 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62898"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p1erkN4-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169450 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/169450"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HtnKBFSjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante Alighieri</div> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060589469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert M. Pirsig</div> Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law in a Nutshell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790072 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790072"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01G0KPKXMQL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenney Hegland</div> An Introduction to Legal Reasoning (Phoenix Books in Law) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1514597 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1514597"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413OWyEgpBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward H. Levi</div> Getting To Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27498 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27498"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515EZGMZTZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Michael Fischl</div> Logic for Lawyers : A Guide to Clear Legal Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1471358 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1471358"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511FT0S5X0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hon. Ruggero J. Aldisert</div> Misleading Cases in the Common Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790089 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. P. Herbert</div> The Just and the Unjust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4126 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4126"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PyY8tmZgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Gould Cozzens</div> Guard of Honor (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2586975 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Gould Cozzens</div> Brush With the Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81663 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81663"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1580631789.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056523504_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jaime Marquart</div> What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77135 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77135"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415s00hKGsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Po Bronson</div> THE CAINE MUTINY A NOVEL OF WORLD WAR II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2458032 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2458032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000H3RGHA.01-AY8LS0W1KQOKD._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by HERMAN WOUK</div> The Constitution of the United States of America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059178 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059178"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1557091528.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615807 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615807"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AED2PWBZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Kluger</div> Legal Research in a Nutshell: By Morris L. Cohen, Kent C. Olson (Nutshell Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1109962 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1109962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0314147071.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121795946_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Morris L. Cohen</div> A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped OurConstitution: Revised Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1254693 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1254693"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KJBASWEWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Irons</div> Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review, Second Edition (University Casebook Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/927999 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/927999"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416XHB1T2ZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eugene Volokh</div> The Brothers Karamazov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147553 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147553"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4188TnehRPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fyodor Dostoevsky</div> Take Control of Your Student Loan Debt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1711528 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1711528"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DNHFYH7FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Leonard</div> How to Win Friends & Influence People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17702 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17702"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uT%2BYYiyTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> The Dale Carnegie Leadership Mastery Course: How To Challenge Yourself and Others To Greatness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117499 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/117499"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51aOmtA6jVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> Public Speaking for Success http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1090385 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1090385"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OhDbNqwgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970034 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970034"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0749305770.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43814139_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Personal Development) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2624970 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2624970"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0749307234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43814905_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> The Economist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/572357 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by The Economist Group</div> Catch-22 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189075 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BJV3E2.01-A19L3IEUO4I4SR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790108 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790108"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YCpgIAnUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Herrmann</div> Washington's Crossing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1004023 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hackett Fischer</div> In the Shadow of the Law: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123802 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2123802"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512KSQ6M18L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kermit Roosevelt</div> Economic Analysis of Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790110 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790110"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yHt043yxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard A. Posner</div> Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2732355 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2732355"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EX%2BO%2BE0tL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeremy Blachman</div> The Law Review http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790111 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790111"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hDPnZw%2BtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Gaille</div> A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law (University Center for Human Values) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19979 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19979"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RPPZ6f6ML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonin Scalia</div> Double Billing: A Young Lawyer's Tale Of Greed, Sex, Lies, And The Pursuit Of A Swivel Chair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/793150 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/793150"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JbfikBb3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cameron Stracher</div> The Tempting of America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/852438 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/852438"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zY0IfURkL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert H. Bork</div> The Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2712834 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2712834"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596059648.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederic Bastiat</div> Treatise on Law: Summa Theologica, Questions 90-97 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794910 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794910"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NNW0690SL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saint Thomas Aquinas</div> The King of Torts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013069 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013069"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BA7KV0XXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Grisham</div> English Constitutional History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794914 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. B. Chrimes</div> Anatomy of a Merger: Strategies and Techniques for Negotiating Corporate Acquisitions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794915 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James C. Freund</div> The Elements of Style (4th Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64967 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64967"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yQb9-P84L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Strunk</div> The Paper Chase http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266125 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266125"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YVRRYKC6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Bridges</div> The Constitutional History of England http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794916 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794916"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01FcTcbZRiL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederic William Maitland</div> The Supreme Court http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794917 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794917"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01HHQ15YMEL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William H. Rehnquist</div> A Civil Action http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19086 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19086"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IiN6S3KtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Harr</div>