Description
| Product ID: | 9781509841103 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Secret Barrister |
| Subtitle: | Stories of the Law and How It's Broken |
| Authors: | Author: The Secret Barrister |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Legal profession / practice of law: general, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Legal profession: general, Criminal law & procedure |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A searing first-hand account of the human cost of the criminal justice system, and a guide to how we got into this mess. <p><b>An anonymous barrister's darkly comic and moving first-hand account of life in the legal system, and how it's failing us all.<br><br>The <i>Sunday Times </i>number one bestseller.<br>Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.<br>Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.<br>Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.<br><br>‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – <i>Observer</i></b><br><br>You may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial.<br><br>I’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free.<br><br>In <i>The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken</i> I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late.<br><br><b>A <i>Sunday Times</i> top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.<br><br>‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ – <i>Daily Mail</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-03-22 |
