50+ Free Law Books [PDF]

Looking for law books? We've gathered over 50 free law books in PDF, covering criminal law, constitutional rights, contracts, property law, family law, labor law, and business law.

These textbooks explain how legal systems work, from how courts handle criminal cases to how contracts protect your rights. Whether you study law or want to understand the rules that shape daily life, these books are a solid starting point.

Browse our top picks below or explore by topic. Every book is free to read online or download as PDF.

Top 10 Law Books

These are the best free law books we found. Each one is an open-access textbook or casebook written by legal scholars and published under Creative Commons or similar licenses.

You can download any of these law books as PDF or read them online. Topics range from criminal law and torts to international human rights.

#1
Business Law I Essentials

Covers the fundamentals of American law including the legal system, dispute resolution, business ethics, constitutional protections, criminal liability, torts, contracts, sales, employment law, and government regulation.

OpenStax (Rice University)

Format: PDF 179 pages 7.95 MB

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#2
Criminal Law

A comprehensive guide to criminal law using an applied approach with real-world examples. Covers sources of law, the court system, specific crimes, and criminal defenses with embedded cases and review questions.

Saylor Foundation

Format: PDF 607 pages 6.9 MB

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#3
Constitutional Rights (2nd Edition)

A casebook for a one-semester survey course on federal constitutional rights. Explores the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, and the Speech and Religion Clauses of the First Amendment with historical and conceptual tools.

Jud Campbell

Format: PDF 714 pages 6.72 MB

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#4
American Contract Law for a Global Age

A first-year Contracts casebook covering contract formation, performance, breach, remedies, and comparative perspectives on contract law across legal systems.

Franklin G. Snyder & Mark Edwin Burge

Format: PDF 610 pages 4.34 MB

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#5
Torts: Cases and Context (Volume Two)

Covers strict liability, products liability, intentional torts, damages, transactional torts, defamation, and special issues with parties and actions. Includes case studies and contextual analysis.

Eric E. Johnson

Format: PDF 596 pages 2.39 MB

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#6
Open Source Property: A Free Casebook

A comprehensive property law casebook covering ownership, the right to exclude, allocation of chattels and land, estates and future interests, co-ownership, landlord-tenant law, servitudes, and takings.

Stephen Clowney, James Grimmelmann, Michael Grynberg, Jeremy Sheff & Rebecca Tushnet

Format: PDF 1141 pages 13.79 MB

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#7
International Human Rights (2025 Edition)

A comprehensive human rights textbook covering the history, doctrine, and institutional structures of international human rights. Examines civil liberties, cultural relativism, state responsibilities, and contemporary challenges.

Philip Alston

Format: PDF 1317 pages 14.95 MB

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#8
Work Law: Open Cases & Materials

A survey course on US labor and employment law covering employee classification, employment at will, constitutional rights at work, antidiscrimination law, and collective labor relations.

Gali Racabi

Format: PDF 564 pages 6.26 MB

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#9
Criminal Law (OER Edition)

An introductory criminal law textbook covering criminal intent, crimes against persons and property, drug offenses, white-collar crime, and the criminal justice process with review questions and IDEA framework sections.

Dr. George Cartwright

Format: PDF 178 pages 3.55 MB

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#10
Business Law and the Legal Environment

A comprehensive 53-chapter business law textbook covering the legal system, torts, contracts, sales, property, bankruptcy, agency, employment, securities regulation, antitrust, international law, and ethics.

Saylor Foundation

Format: PDF 1921 pages 11.65 MB

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