Description
Product ID: | 9781509841141 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
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 An eye opening and often hilarious account of the criminal justice system, and how it affects us all. <p><b>An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.<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</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 are 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.</b><br><b>‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – <i>Observer</i></b><br><b>‘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: | 2019-04-04 |